# My First Day of School
Canonical: https://littlestorybook.ai/stories/en/first-day-of-school
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Language: en · Ages: 4-5 · Illustrated storybook, a made-up story, free

Reviewed for child-safety · gentle by design.

## For parents
A calm social story about starting school: the gate, the coat hooks, the classroom, saying hello to someone new, and going home again.

## The story text
My name is Aria. Next week, I will start school. School is a new place with new people. I do not know anyone there yet. My grown-up walks me through the gate. We go past the tall green plant. My teacher says good morning. I hang my coat on my own hook. Then I go into my classroom. There are low tables and little chairs. Many children feel a little nervous on their first days. It is okay to feel nervous. That feeling usually gets smaller each day. Other children are new too. Most of them want a friend, just like me. I can try saying hello to someone. Sometimes they say hello back. Sometimes we sit together on the rug in the reading corner. My teacher reads a story out loud. We listen and look at the pictures. At snack time, we sit at tables by the big windows. The sun shines in. Sometimes I sit next to a child I said hello to. Later, my grown-up comes back to the gate. I walk past the tall plant to meet them. Each day, school feels a little more like mine. I am ready to start school.

## Scenes
### 1. Next Week
My name is Aria. Next week, I will start school. School is a new place with new people. I do not know anyone there yet.
Image: https://littlestorybook.ai/media/storyboards/story_cbf17413436f47038264548df824548d/scene-01.jpg (My name is Aria. Next week, I will start school. School is a new place with new people. I do not know anyone there yet.)

### 2. My Own Hook
My grown-up walks me through the gate. We go past the tall green plant. My teacher says good morning. I hang my coat on my own hook.
Image: https://littlestorybook.ai/media/storyboards/story_cbf17413436f47038264548df824548d/scene-02.jpg (My grown-up walks me through the gate. We go past the tall green plant. My teacher says good morning. I hang my coat on my own hook.)

### 3. A Little Nervous
Then I go into my classroom. There are low tables and little chairs. Many children feel a little nervous on their first days. It is okay to feel nervous. That feeling usually gets smaller each day.
Image: https://littlestorybook.ai/media/storyboards/story_cbf17413436f47038264548df824548d/scene-03.jpg (Then I go into my classroom. There are low tables and little chairs. Many children feel a little nervous on their first days. It is okay to)

### 4. Hello
Other children are new too. Most of them want a friend, just like me. I can try saying hello to someone. Sometimes they say hello back.
Image: https://littlestorybook.ai/media/storyboards/story_cbf17413436f47038264548df824548d/scene-04.jpg (Other children are new too. Most of them want a friend, just like me. I can try saying hello to someone. Sometimes they say hello back.)

### 5. Story Time
Sometimes we sit together on the rug in the reading corner. My teacher reads a story out loud. We listen and look at the pictures.
Image: https://littlestorybook.ai/media/storyboards/story_cbf17413436f47038264548df824548d/scene-05.jpg (Sometimes we sit together on the rug in the reading corner. My teacher reads a story out loud. We listen and look at the pictures.)

### 6. Snack Time
At snack time, we sit at tables by the big windows. The sun shines in. Sometimes I sit next to a child I said hello to.
Image: https://littlestorybook.ai/media/storyboards/story_cbf17413436f47038264548df824548d/scene-06.jpg (At snack time, we sit at tables by the big windows. The sun shines in. Sometimes I sit next to a child I said hello to.)

### 7. Home Time
Later, my grown-up comes back to the gate. I walk past the tall plant to meet them. Each day, school feels a little more like mine. I am ready to start school.
Image: https://littlestorybook.ai/media/storyboards/story_cbf17413436f47038264548df824548d/scene-07.jpg (Later, my grown-up comes back to the gate. I walk past the tall plant to meet them. Each day, school feels a little more like mine. I am rea)

## Parent tip
Ask what the character could try next, then accept the child answer without correcting too much.

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