My jacket or water bottle is not where I left it.. Read it together, at your pace. Every page is written in your child's voice.
1. I go to get my jacket, and it is not there. Or my water bottle is not in my cubby. Something of mine is missing.
2. Missing things can make my chest feel tight. It is my thing, and I want it back.
3. Missing does not mean gone forever. I can think about where it might be.
Where could my missing thing be?
I left it somewhere else, like the gym or the lunchroom.
Another kid grabbed it by mistake because it looks like theirs.
Someone found it and put it in the lost and found.
We do not have enough information to know yet.
💡 Most missing things are simply somewhere else, not gone. Lost usually turns into found.
4. I have a search plan.
walk back through the places I went todaycheck the lost and foundtake a breath so my brain can thinkask my teacher to help me look
5. I can tell my teacher, "My water bottle is missing. Can you help me?" Teachers help find things every single day. Asking is not a bother.
6. Most missing things come back within a day or two. If mine truly does not, a grown-up and I make a plan for a new one. Either way, the missing ends.
In the app, your child can choose what happens next, rehearse lines out loud with Spark, and try different endings — including hearing a kind "no" and being celebrated for respecting it. Parents can also create fully personalized stories.