“Waiting” at Home Social Story Kit

Waiting at Home Social Story | Teaching Patience & Waiting Skills for Kids

Help children learn how to wait calmly and successfully at home with this engaging and supportive social story kit! This resource is designed to teach what waiting looks like and walks children through common waiting situations at home while providing visual supports and tools to encourage success and reduce frustration.

Perfect for preschool, special education, autism support, speech therapy, behavior intervention, and home routines.

Your purchase includes the following:

• Waiting at Home social story explaining when and how to “wait”
• I Did a Good Job Waiting celebratory social story
• Wait card visuals to use in the home and outside the home to show the child when you need them to wait.
• First-Then board
• Incentive/reward pictures that can be used with the First-Then board
• My Turn / Your Turn visuals to use during turn taking activities (sharing/games)
• Short wait time and Long wait time visuals paired with a timer shows the child how long they will have to wait.
• Wait stickers that can be printed on labels and used individually and/or with the sticker chart.
• Sticker chart to track progress and earn rewards
• Parent Tips – Practical strategies for teaching and practicing waiting skills at home
• Implementation Guide – Suggestions for using the social stories, visual supports, and reinforcement tools.

Skills targeted:

• Waiting appropriately
• Patience and self-control
• Understanding routines
• Turn taking
• Delayed gratification
• Social emotional learning

Great for:

✔️ Children with autism
✔️ Children who have difficulty waiting
✔️ Teaching patience and delayed gratification
✔️ Waiting for food, toys, activities, or preferred items
✔️ Reducing frustration during waiting
✔️ Teaching appropriate behavior while waiting
✔️ Visual learners
✔️ Home routines and daily activities
✔️ Parents and caregivers

All Positively Prepared stories are written using positive language and simple illustrations/words to reduce visual clutter and increase understanding.

Social Story™ and Social Stories™ are trademarks of Carol Gray. This product is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or created by Carol Gray.