In this product preview, Sasha from TheAutismHelper.com walks through a holiday-themed teaching packet designed for educators and parents of children with autism. The packet includes two laminated social stories—one explaining the Christmas break routine and another teaching how to say thank you after receiving a present—both aimed at easing transition anxiety and promoting appropriate social etiquette. It also features a set of visual‑question activities that use laminated pages with Velcro‑backed answer pieces to teach discrimination of "wh" questions (e.g., who, what, where) and to provide a non‑verbal response method for students with limited speech. The materials are low‑prep, using 3‑ring binder clips, hard and soft Velcro, and printable answer cards, allowing children to select pictures to answer questions such as “What do you like to do in the snow?” or “Do you like when it snows?” The video demonstrates how these tools can be incorporated into daily social time to build vocabulary, support peer interaction, and reduce anxiety during the holiday season.
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Hi, this is Sasha from TheAutismHelper.com. This is a product preview of my Holiday Social Stories and Visual Questions for Children with Autism. So this packet contains 2 different social stories to work on common challenging issues during the holiday time and some different question answering activities related to holiday topics. So these social stories are ones that I actually use all the time and send home to my parents as well. So the first one is about Christmas break and kind of just goes through that there's going to be no school We're gonna stay at home. I'm gonna be nice, and then I'm gonna come back. So kind of just going through what's going to happen with a visual cue can really help ease the anxiety and those— over those transitions, because the holiday break is a big change to their routine. So kind of getting them ready for that in a way that they understand. And this next one is saying thank you. I realized last year, I had a rude awakening, that my kids are not very good at saying thank you after getting a present. So we've really been working on this, and I like a visual way to explain this to my students as well, and like really walking, walking through each step. That after you wrap the present, you walk over to the person and you have to wait and tap them on the shoulder and say thank you. So going through each step on how to say thank you when getting a present is really important to work on for our kids. Next up is this cute book. I actually kind of just laminate each page and keep them together with a little 3-ring binder clip. And so there's different questions about Santa with a box, and I put hard Velcro in each box, and then there are the answer pieces. So I laminate these and put soft Velcro on the back so they have to work on discriminating the "wh" questions. So, "Who pulls Santa's sleigh?" Not, "What does Santa's sleigh do?" So, working on— they're not just gonna put the sleigh picture here, they're gonna put the reindeer. So, they really need to focus on the "wh" question and what exactly is being asked of them. It's really fun. They really like this activity. Next up are some visual questions. I have similar visual questions included in my Teachers Pay Teachers store for general things that we use daily, but I wanted to make some Christmas-themed ones because that's a great way to incorporate new vocabulary into our daily social time. Here are the answers, and these are gonna go on the bottom right here. What do you like to do in the snow? And then here are your answers right there. You'll laminate these, put hard Velcro on the back, soft Velcro on the back, and hard Velcro in each box. You'll cut this whole piece out, and then when you ask students who have less verbal abilities, "What do you like to do in the snow?" they can pick up one of these pictures and hand it to you to answer since they maybe cannot talk or cannot talk that well and can kind of provide a way for them to be involved involved in social activities with peers. So there are 4 different questions: What do you like to do in the snow? What do you do over winter break? What do you want for Christmas? And do you like when it snows? So there's a few different questions to answer, and the answer options are all right here. So this was my Holiday Social Stories and Visual Questions Pack video tour by theautismhelper.com.
