These are free to use. No cost, no catch. Each one is built around a common need in a kiddo’s life — the first day back at school, a summer full of new places, the transitions that show up in every family.
We add new seasonal sets as the year turns, so there is always something ready for the moment you are heading into next.
What these are
A social story walks a child through a situation before it happens: what will happen, what it may feel like, and what they can do. These free sets cover the ones almost every family meets — new routines, new places, big feelings, and the transitions in between.
Read them on a phone or tablet the night before, in the car, or right in the moment. They are yours to use as often as you need.
Free stories support everyday practice and therapy carryover. They do not replace a clinician or an individualized treatment plan.
The free sets
Every set below is free. Pick the season you are in, or the moment that is coming up next.
Pools, beaches, road trips, cookouts, and the long unscheduled days in between. Stories for the new places and loose routines that summer brings.
Open Summer Adventures →
A new classroom, a new teacher, the bus, the cafeteria, and the morning routine that has to start again. Stories for the weeks around the first day.
Open Back To School →New sets arrive as each season does — holidays, appointments, travel, and the moments families tell us they need most. Check back, or build your own in the app any time.
How to use them
A story does its work ahead of time. That is what turns a surprise into something your kiddo already knows the shape of.
Choose the set that matches what is coming up — the first day back, the trip, the appointment, the change in routine.
The night before and again on the way. Repetition is the point, so read it as many times as your kiddo wants.
Refer back to the words and pictures your child already knows, so the moment has something familiar in it.
Inside a free story
Short sentences in the first person, visuals that carry the meaning when words are still coming, and an ending that names what your child can do.
The same format works for a fire drill, a haircut, a substitute teacher, or the end of screen time — which is exactly why these sets travel so well from family to family.
When you want it to be theirs
The free sets are written for the situation. The full DP4 app writes them for your child — their name, their interests, their classroom, their reading level, and the goal you are actually working on.
Keep the free sets for the moments everyone shares. Open the app when the moment is specific to your kiddo.
