🏫 Sovelo Stories · School
The Fire Drill
A loud practice alarm at school. Read it together, at your pace. Every page is written in your child's voice.
1. Sometimes my school has a fire drill. A fire drill is practice. There is no real fire.
2. The alarm is very loud. It rings so everyone can hear it, even far away.
The alarm can be sudden and very loud. Lights might flash.
cover my ears use my headphones walk with my class hold a teacher's hand ask an adult to walk near me
3. When the alarm rings, my class lines up. We walk outside together. We do not need to run.
4. Outside, my teacher counts everyone. We wait together. The waiting part is quiet.
5. I might feel startled by the sound. Many kids feel that way.
take slow breaths squeeze my hands together stay close to my teacher ask an adult for a break after
6. When the drill is done, the alarm stops. We walk back inside and keep our day going. The fire drill is over, and I got through it.
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Sovelo Stories are original social narratives, written for neurodivergent kids and reviewed against strict guardrails: no eye-contact training, no masking, no mind-reading — and "no" is always a complete answer. Evidence-informed preparation, not a treatment. © Ezra Brown.