📖 How to Use TheStoryPilot

🚀 Getting Started

1 Enter Your Name

Type your name so the story can be personalized just for you.

2 Choose Talk or Type

🎤 Talk – Speak your answers out loud using your microphone.

⌨️ Type – Type your answers using the keyboard.

3 Pick Your Story Type

✨ Adventure Stories – Fun stories where you help choose what happens! Great for building imagination and reading skills.

💬 Social Stories – Stories that help understand feelings and social situations. Great for learning about emotions and behavior.

4 Pick a Picture

Choose a picture that looks interesting to you. This will be the setting for your story!

5 Answer Setup Questions (Adventure Only)

For adventure stories, you'll answer a few fun questions. Your answers will appear as highlighted words in the story!

🌟 Let Your Imagination Run Wild!

The more creative your answers, the more amazing your story becomes!

Simple answer: "The baby dragon hurt his wing."

→ You'll get a simple story.

Creative answer: "We were running to catch the invisible bus to take us to the magic carnival. The baby dragon hurt his wing rubbing against a tree."

→ You'll get an exciting, detailed adventure!

📚 During the Story

▶️ Read Story

Press this button to hear the story read aloud. You can pause and continue anytime.

🟡 Highlighted Words

Words that look like this are the special words from your answers. Look for them as you listen!

Story Questions

Answer questions about the story. This helps you think about what you read and heard.

🎬 Watch Video

After finishing the questions, you can watch a fun video about the story!

🌟 Social Story Tools

🧘 Calm Tools

Feeling stressed? Use these tools to help your body feel calm and safe:

🎈 Balloon Breathing – Breathe in slowly like filling a balloon, then let it out.

Star Breathing – Trace a star in the air while breathing in and out.

🖐️ Five-Finger Breathing – Trace your fingers up and down while breathing.

🧘 Deep Breath – Take a slow, deep breath in and out.

🤗 Gentle Hug – Give yourself a comforting hug.

💭 Think of a Person – Think of someone who makes you feel safe and loved.

🎭 Practice

Try the "Practice" activities to act out what you learned in the story!

😊 How Do You Feel?

After a social story, pick an emoji that shows how the story made you feel. There's no wrong answer!

🏆 Badges

Complete social stories to earn special badges! They appear at the bottom of the screen as trophies.

❤️ Special Stories
❤️ Special

These stories have animated videos that show:

• A character experiencing the same emotion

• The feeling building up

• Using calm-down strategies

• Feeling better again

Special Stories:

🏖️ Boy on the Beach

😢 Feeling Sad

😠 Feeling Angry

💬 Kind Words

🤔 Making a Mistake

🎬 Animated Videos

Special Stories include an animated video that shows:

• A character experiencing the same emotion

• The feeling building up

• Using calm-down strategies

• Feeling better again

Special Stories include:

🏖️ Boy on the Beach

😢 Feeling Sad

😠 Feeling Angry

💬 Kind Words

🤔 Making a Mistake