Waiting can be difficult for young children\u2014especially when they do not understand why they need to wait or what they can do during that time.<\/p>\n
This child-friendly social story helps children understand what waiting means, why waiting is sometimes necessary and how they can remain calm while they wait. The simple language and visual activities make the concept easier to discuss, practise and apply in everyday situations.<\/p>\n
This printable pack includes:<\/p>\n
\u2022 A complete \u201cLearning to Wait\u201d social story
\n\u2022 A girl-version character cut-out activity
\n\u2022 A boy-version character cut-out activity
\n\u2022 Faceless character cut-outs that can be personalised with the child\u2019s picture
\n\u2022 Instructions explaining how parents and professionals can use the resource<\/p>\n
This resource supports:<\/p>\n
\u2022 Understanding the concept of waiting
\n\u2022 Patience and impulse control
\n\u2022 Emotional regulation
\n\u2022 Following everyday routines
\n\u2022 Social understanding and communication
\n\u2022 Sequencing and comprehension
\n\u2022 Role-play and personalised learning<\/p>\n
Suitable for use at home, during speech or occupational therapy, in special education sessions and in early-learning classrooms.<\/p>\n
This is a printable digital PDF. No physical product will be delivered.<\/p>\n
Usage Licence: This purchase is licensed to one parent, therapist or educator. You may print and use it with your own child, clients or students. The files may not be shared, emailed, uploaded, resold or distributed to another person, clinic, school or online group.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A therapist-designed social story that helps children understand why waiting is important and what they can do while they wait.<\/p>\n
Includes complete boy and girl versions, personalised faceless character cut-outs and clear instructions for parents, therapists and educators.<\/p>\n
Digital PDF \u2022 Both versions included \u2022 Personalised with purchaser details \u2022 3 downloads within 30 days \u2022 Licensed to one purchaser \u2022 Sharing and resale prohibited<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":60,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"default","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"default","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"default","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"default","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":""},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[35],"product_tag":[],"class_list":["post-59","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-social-stories","first","instock","sale","downloadable","virtual","purchasable","product-type-simple","entry","content-bg","loop-entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordspeechology.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/59","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordspeechology.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordspeechology.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordspeechology.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordspeechology.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordspeechology.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordspeechology.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=59"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordspeechology.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=59"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordspeechology.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=59"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}