Social Story Size

Name: Social Story Size
SKU: i-need-to-wear-a-bra-social-story
Price: 19.99 AUD
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A first-person social story explaining, one short page at a time, why a growing girl starts wearing a bra, how a first bra is chosen and measured in a shop, and who to tell when it stops fitting.

Social Story Size preview: A title page reading "I Need to Wear a Bra"

File type: PDF
Preparation: Print ready

Updated Sep 27, 2026

Subject: Life Skills, Special Resources
Topic: Bra, Social Story
Preparation: Print ready

From the author

About this resource

This illustrated first-person social story introduces choosing and wearing a bra, including body changes, a shopping visit, fit and asking a trusted adult questions.

Use the 19-page PDF for an individual conversation and relate the sequence to the young person’s own preferences and plans. Revisit the pages about comfort and speaking up when help is needed.

What's included

A title page reading "I Need to Wear a Bra"
Seventeen illustrated story pages, each carrying one or two short first-person sentences
Opening pages establishing the change: "I am growing up and getting bigger" and "As I grow older my body will change. I will still be me but my body will start to look different."
Pages giving two reasons for wearing a bra — it holds the breasts up and makes the wearer more comfortable, and it covers a private part of the body
A shopping sequence: going to a store to choose one with a trusted adult, and a lady who works in the shop measuring for the right size
Reassurance pages saying it may feel strange at first, that the bra is always worn underneath clothes where other people will not see it, and that it is not worn in bed
Two action pages: telling a grown up if the bra feels too small so a new one can be got, and being able to ask a grown up any questions
A closing page reading "My friends and family love me."

In the classroom

Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

Recognise growing and breast development as an expected part of growing up rather than a change to worry about
Give the two reasons the story offers for wearing a bra: support and comfort, and covering a private part of the body
Describe what happens on a first bra-buying trip — a trusted adult comes along and a shop assistant measures for size
Say what to do when a bra feels too small: tell a grown up so a new one can be got
Identify a grown up who can be asked questions about growing up

Teaching tips

Each page holds a single idea in one or two sentences, so the story can be read over several short sittings rather than end to end
The shopping sequence is the part most worth rehearsing — who comes along, what the assistant does, why measuring happens — before any real trip is planned
Everything is written in the reader's own voice, from "I will still be me" to "I can ask a grown up", so the story works as a personal script the young person keeps and rereads
Two pages give instructions rather than descriptions: say when a bra feels too small, and ask questions of a grown up. Come back to those after the first read so they land as things to do
The wording follows British conventions — "pyjamas", "a lady who works in the shop" — which is worth a brief word where American spelling is the classroom norm

Skills covered

Understanding body change — the story names growing, breasts growing and looking different while remaining the same person, all in the reader's own voice.
Understanding privacy — one page states that a bra covers breasts because they are a private part of the body, and another that the bra is always underneath clothes.
Preparing for an unfamiliar situation — the shop pages set out who comes along, what a shop assistant does and why measuring happens, before the visit takes place.
Self-advocacy — the reader is told to say when a bra feels too small and that questions can be asked of a grown up at any point.
Managing a new sensation — one page acknowledges that wearing a bra may feel strange at first and that the feeling passes.