Free printable · Preschool to Grade 2
Free Thanksgiving dinner social story with pictures, in English and Spanish
My Story About Thanksgiving Dinner is a first-person social story: one sentence and one picture on each panel, to print or to read on a phone or tablet. It tells what a big family dinner can be like (many people, family you see once in a while, talking and laughing, new foods) and that feeling happy or tired are both okay, with one gentle step to try: ask a grown-up for a quiet break. A page for the grown-up names each sentence's type. English and Spanish.
More pages in this PDF
En español
Make your own in seconds
Ask for a social story about another situation (trick-or-treating, a birthday party, visitors at home, a haircut, the doctor), and SCAFLI makes it with a page for the grown-up.
Try asking for:
- “a social story about visitors at home”
- “a social story about going to a birthday party”
SCAFLI is in early access. The free PDF above needs no sign-up.
What it is
A social story written to Carol Gray's format: first person, positive, mostly describing what happens, with one gentle coaching sentence. For young children, autistic children and anyone who finds a big holiday meal loud or new.
How to use it
- Read it a few days before Thanksgiving, then again that morning.
- Read it as written, and let the child point to each picture.
- Show where the quiet spot will be before the meal starts.
Three quick tips
- Agree on how your child will ask for a break, and honor it.
- A new food can stay on the plate; trying is not required.
- Change “my grown-up” to the name your child uses.
Questions
- What age is it for?
- Preschool to second grade. Kindergarten and first grade get a shorter six-panel version.
- Is there a Spanish version?
- Yes. The free PDF has the story and the grown-up page in English and in Spanish.
- Can I use it on a screen?
- Yes. It plays on a phone or tablet one page at a time and can read each page aloud, in English or Spanish.
- What if our family doesn't celebrate Thanksgiving?
- There are social stories about visitors at home and about going to a birthday party, too.
A starting point for your own professional judgment. Use initials only on any page about a student.