Social skills activities for special education

Promoting social skills in special education is essential. Discover helpful strategies and instructional activities that encourage social skills and communication. Using tools like social stories, role playing exercises, group activities, and visual support can help improve communication, cooperation, and positive social interactions. Read more on how to help your students improve their social skills.

Make practicing social skills fun with these social skills games. In the special education classroom, helping your students develop social skills is crucial. It improves students’ social interactions, communication skills, and emotional understanding. But practicing social skills doesn’t have to be boring. These low prep social skills games and activities will help your special education students practice social skills in fun and engaging ways. Find my favorite social skills activities here.

Help preschoolers learn about friendship and sharing with this fun activity inspired by Should I Share My Ice Cream? Perfect for a preschool class activity on friendship & sharing, a playdate, or even for siblings who are learning to share. So easy to set up and super fun!

Social skills activities for preschoolers help improve social skills. With 20 different activities, you have plenty of ways to practice.

Grab my engaging and free social skills sorting worksheets to help preschoolers and kindergarteners learn about good choices and bad choices.

Learn about the my favorite social skills curricula to help you or your students or clients develop essential life skills.

A social story is a simple description of how to behave and what to expect in a particular situation. Grab your 13 free editable social stories here to...

Do you want to work on life skills in your classroom? Are you looking for hands-on special education life skills activities that your students will love?

Teaching children how to play nicely with others is a common social skill that needs to be frequently addressed. As educators we will say things like, “be kind” or “treat others the way you want to be treated”, however we need to explicitly teach these skills. We cannot expect for children to know these social […]

These engaging games are a fun way to help your students learn about expected and unexpected behaviors. They will learn the difference between these behaviors, how they make others feel and why it is important to have expected behaviors. They are a perfect addition to your social skills and self regulation lessons and can be used in your individual, small group and classroom settings.