The Calm Kids Social Stories Collection

Helping children build confidence, emotional regulation and everyday social skills.

About this book

The Calm Kids Story Collection is a beautifully designed therapeutic resource that helps children understand their emotions, develop self-regulation skills and navigate everyday social situations with confidence. Through engaging, sensory-friendly social stories, children are introduced to practical strategies they can use at home, in the classroom or in therapy.


Created by the team at Flourish Academy, this resource supports children to build emotional awareness while developing the social skills needed to thrive in everyday life. The stories encourage children to recognise big feelings, ask for help, share with others, practise calming techniques and build positive relationships.


Inside you'll discover:

✔ Calm-down strategies and sensory regulation tools

✔ Emotional awareness and recognising big feelings

✔ Asking for help with confidence

✔ Sharing, turn-taking and friendship skills

✔ Positive greetings and everyday social interactions

✔ Child-friendly language and engaging illustrations

✔ Practical strategies that can be used immediately at home, school or in therapy.

Perfect for:

  • Parents and carers wanting to build their child's emotional resilience
  • Early childhood educators
  • Teachers and teacher aides
  • Support workers
  • Allied health professionals
  • Child and family practitioners
  • Play therapists, counsellors and psychologists

    • Ideal for children who:

  • Experience big emotions
  • Benefit from visual supports or social stories
  • Need help developing social confidence
  • Are neurodivergent or sensory sensitive
  • Are learning emotional regulation and friendship skills

    • Resource Includes

  • 22-page printable PDF
  • Five therapeutic social stories
  • Practical regulation strategies
  • Child-friendly activities and key takeaways throughout
  • Suitable for use at home, in schools and within therapeutic settings.

    • Why Families & Professionals Love it

    Rather than simply telling children what to do, this collection teaches the why behind social and emotional skills in a way that is engaging, empowering and easy to understand. Each chapter introduces practical tools children can begin using straight away, helping them develop confidence, resilience and stronger relationships.