A Social Story To Get Ready for Purim

by Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer

jkidaccess is an initiative of Jewish Learning Venture that provides resources and support for families raising Jewish children with disabilities. Though our work focuses on families and educators in the Greater Philadelphia area, we’ve created a website full of free resources that anyone can download and use!

A social narrative is a learning tool for children with autism and other cognitive disabilities that depicts a social situation that your child may encounter. Our jkidACCESS social stories focus on Jewish culture. They are created in Powerpoint so that you can download and personalize them with your child’s photos.

With Purim coming up soon, we wanted to share this social story about wearing masks and costumes on the holiday. For children with sensory sensitivities, masks and costumes can be a challenge but reading a social story together can help children consider whether they may want to wear a costume or not.

There are many fun ways for everyone to celebrate the holiday!

Read and download your copy of our Purim social story here.