This free Suri Spider Selects a Solution story is a child friendly, printable PDF that teaches children, kids and young people simple problem solving skills. The story follows Suri Spider at Sunny Stream School as she learns how to manage big feelings, calm her body and choose safer ways to handle difficult moments with friends. It is an engaging social narrative that supports emotional regulation, behaviour skills and positive relationships.
The story introduces a clear three step strategy: stop your body and notice the problem, look at possible solutions and pick a solution that might work. The ideas include sharing, taking turns, asking nicely, getting help, saying please stop, ignoring or playing together. The bright illustrations and simple language make it easy for children to understand and remember.
The PDF also includes a Suri Spider Solution Kit with visual cards showing each solution, and guidance for adults on how to model, teach and practise these steps. The classroom tips explain how to recognise problem solving in action and how to involve families so children can use the strategy at home as well as at school.
This resource is suitable for parents, carers, teachers, social workers, teaching assistants, counsellors, therapists and early years practitioners. It can be used in direct work, early intervention, behaviour support, therapy sessions, pastoral work, social emotional learning and conflict resolution activities. It helps children build social skills, manage feelings, reduce conflict and learn positive ways to solve everyday problems.
This downloadable PDF is ideal for anyone searching for problem solving stories for children, social skills printables, emotional regulation tools, behaviour support resources, SEL activities, counselling storybooks, classroom conflict resolution resources or tools that help children understand feelings and make safe choices.
