Social Skills for Kids: From Making Friends and Problem-Solving to Self-Control and Communication, 150+ Activities to Help Your Child Develop Essential Social Skills

I like how simple but effective the activities are in this book. They're perfect when you have 15 minutes until your next group and you need to put something together quick. No? That's just me? Well, I guess you could read some of the lessons the week before and be super prepared for your group. There's even lessons to Frankenstein your own curriculum based on ASCA standards. Highly recommend this book.

Good book to use for school.

This is my husband’s go to book for counseling children.

I am an elementary school counselor and teach the Second Step curriculum. This little gem of a book corresponds well to my curriculum giving me additional activities during our weekly lessons and for my small group work. Topics include activities on empathy, listening skills, communication skills, emotional regulation and problem solving to name a few. I LOVE this book!

Really helpful and thoughtfully orchestrated activities for children and adults. This book is an invaluable resource for moms! Highly recommend!

"Social Skills for Kids" describes fun activities that teach social skills like active listening, understanding body language, and effective communication. The author started by explaining what social skills are usually present at different ages. She then described some activities suitable for young kids (3+) and worked up to activities for progressively older kids (6- or 7-year-olds). There were also a few things suggested that you can do with 1-2-year-olds to help them develop. There were activities like teaching how loud to talk in different situations, using descriptive language, and giving affective instructions to someone else. For each activity, the author explained the purpose, targeted age, how many people were needed, how to do the activity, and some questions to ask afterward to help the child process what they learned. The directions were easy to understand. These activities were either fun games or interesting activities that kids will probably be willing to try and aren't too tricky to do. Overall, I'd recommend this book to people wanting creative ways to teach social skills.I received an ebook review copy of this book from the publisher through NetGalley.

It would have been better for them to write the suggestions in sections then break down the age groups but it's very helpful