101 Ways to Teach Children Social Skills

A Ready-to-Use, Reproducible Activity Book 

This appealingly illustrated, reproducible activity book includes 101 ready-to-use activities to help children. Although some children seem to be socially adept from birth, others struggle with the challenges of social acceptance. With adult guidance, however, those children can become socially adept as well, shy children can become more outgoing, aggressive children can learn self-control, and socially isolated children can be taught how to make friends.

Children with well-developed social skills: 

• Do better in school
  
• Face life's challenges with greater resiliency
  
• Have a better self-image
  
• Experience the rewards of positive relationships
  

This comprehensive book includes 101 ready-to-use, reproducible activities to help children improve their social skills.

Topics include:

• Communicating
• Non-verbal communication
• Being part of a group
• Expressing your feelings
• Caring about yourself and others
• Problem solving
• Listening
• Standing up for yourself
• Managing conflict

Written for use with groups of children, such as a classroom or counselling group, the activities are intended to help children in every aspect of their social development, including their relationships with peers, parents, and teachers. It can be used as the basis of a social skills curriculum or as part of an educational plan to address specific problems.

Recommended for Grades: 2-5