Name: Sharing – Social Story for Young Learners
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A young learner narrates this first-person social story about sharing, walking through the sequence of wanting to use something a friend already has, resisting the urge to snatch it away, and instead asking politely, 'When you are finished, could I have a turn please?' A second half of the story reverses the scenario, showing the narrator being the one asked to share something a friend wants and modeling the phrase 'I will let you have a turn.' Each page pairs a short first-person sentence with an illustration space, ending on the idea that sharing and playing nicely make everyone feel happy. The simple, repetitive sentence structure is typical of a social story used to teach a specific social-emotional skill to a young or developing learner.

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From the author

Social stories use a patient and reassuring tone to teach children about social situations in a way that can be easily understood. Social stories are particularly useful for children on the autistic spectrum for whom social cues can be challenging and who often suffer anxiety if they do not know what to expect from a situation however social stories can also be useful for any child who is struggling to understand a situation or concept or needs help to understand a social skill or social cue, expectations, perspectives, common responses or is troubled about an upcoming event.

This social story is about the importance of sharing.

These books should be used over and over to reinforce the point so I would suggest either putting the pages into a display book or laminating and binding them.

Clipart images courtesy of Kari Bolt.

In the classroom

Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

Recognize the feeling of wanting to use something someone else already has.
Use a polite scripted phrase ('Could I have a turn please?') instead of snatching an item.
Identify how sharing or not sharing affects a friend's feelings.

Teaching tips

Read the story aloud during a calm moment, not immediately after a real sharing conflict, so the scripted language is available before it's needed.
Practice saying the two scripted phrases ('Could I have a turn please?' and 'I will let you have a turn') aloud with students so they are ready to use them in the moment.
Revisit the story briefly right before a center-time or free-play period where sharing conflicts are likely to come up.

Skills covered

Social scripting — students learn and rehearse a polite request phrase to use instead of snatching an item.
Perspective-taking — students consider how snatching versus sharing makes a friend feel.
Turn-taking — students practice the reciprocal steps of both asking for and offering a turn.

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Concepts & topics

Core concepts

Social story
Sharing
Turn-taking

Topics

social story sharing social skills SEN social story for sharing sharing story for preschoolers

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