The fun way for kids 6 to 10 to develop their social skills and make new friends
What are the Dos and Don’ts for making and keeping friends? How can you decode body language clues? What’s the best way to keep a conversation going? Just like learning multiplication tables, social skills don’t come naturally―everyone has to learn them. This book makes mastering social skills accessible for kids with 50 awesome activities.
Get the best in social skills books for kids with one that includes:
Life lessons―From learning about compromise to practicing good table manners, these activities help kids develop and use essential people skills.
50 interactive activities―Games, fill-in-the-blank exercises, and reflective prompts keep kids learning and engaged in a variety of ways.
Real scenarios―Kids will explore important topics like bullying, using social media, setting and respecting boundaries, and more.
Give children the confidence to successfully navigate social situations at home, school, and the world in between.
From the Publisher
One of many social skills you’ll learn from the book:
It may seem like there are an awful lot of social skills to learn. Some you’ll use every now and then, and some you’ll use all the time. Here’s a quick list of the top 10 social skills that you can use every day:
Be friendly and smile at others.Be considerate and thoughtful of those around you. This includes not touching others without asking.Share and wait your turn.Be calm and control your emotions, especially anger.Don’t talk unkindly about other people.Ask people questions about themselves.Ask other people to play with you.Have good manners and be polite.Make good eye contact and don’t mumble.Don’t hog the conversation. Take turns talking and listening.
Publisher : Callisto Kids
Publication date : March 26, 2019
Language : English
Print length : 152 pages
ISBN-10 : 1641522968
ISBN-13 : 978-1641522960
Item Weight : 2.31 pounds
Reading age : 5 – 10 years, from customers
Dimensions : 7.5 x 0.38 x 9.25 inches
Grade level : 1 – 2
Best Sellers Rank: #9,192 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #31 in Children’s Manners Books #40 in Children’s New Experiences Books #367 in Children’s Friendship Books
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Kim –
Helpful Resource
I highly recommend this as an added resource to build positive social skills for children. We have began utilizing this and I see a significant improvement in confidence.
Nicole –
Great Activities
I use this in my outpatient practice as a therapist with youth. There are some really great activities in this!
Amazon Customer –
Social Situations Clarified
The workbook style and the reading material was great. It allowed both parent and child to gain insight to social norms. Kindergarten to third grade would benefit from the situations presented. This book and parent involvement is greatly benefitting a 6 year old autistic child and a 2nd grader.
Ryland Gray –
Arrived damaged
Content of the book is great. Excited for the read and activities it has to do. Though when it arrived the book itself had been damaged and is dirty.
SB –
My child really learned from this!
I bought this for my 8 year old and I to work on together. She can be a little bossy and I wanted to give her solid social skills in a fun and non judgmental way. She loves doing this with me. We do a couple of pages a few times a week. I just got a call from her teacher today that she has seen a lot of improvement in her social skills in school. I am so happy!
Consumer –
Could Be Relevant for Up to 12 Years – some written responses in workbook
With 130+ pages, this is a great summer book as children get into the more social grades. Even mentions texting (don’t repeatedly), maybe more. I can see some children engaged with it up to 8th grade if only to do a check in on their own experiences and actions. I believe good in building confidence.
Rachel K –
Overall good, BUT…
I use this book with my kids (6, 8, and 10) as part of our homeschool curriculum. We just talk through it and don’t use the writing space. Overall it has been helpful – for all of us! I have social anxiety and this has been a very useful tool. My kids are neurodiverse and they have also been learning useful skills from it. However, I was bothered by the “making eye contact” bit. As we learn more about neurodivergence and become a more inclusive society we really need to get away from that being considered a respectful/preferred trait. Those with autism, anxiety, or a history of trauma may not be capable of maintaining eye contact – and that should not be considered a fault.My other problem with the book is the short section regarding “sensitive” persons. As a highly sensitive person (HSP) myself, I understand why the author would want to address this, and some of the content within those lessons was helpful. But I’m not sure how much the author has actually studied HSPs, or maybe she’s trying to pull in some common pitfalls of certain personality disorders, but in some places she seems to confuse “sensitive” with selfish. My children all scored high on the sensitive “quiz,” but none of them identified with the sensitive “rules,” which honestly seemed more from an entitled perspective of a transactional relationship rather than the unreasonable feelings/fears of a sensitive person in a real friendship. In other places she labels something as rude if you do it, but if someone else does the same thing and it bothers you then you are “sensitive.” My primary concern is that children, particularly girls, will internalize that they are overly sensitive and excuse people crossing their boundaries or even abusing them. I think it would be better to point out what to do with our sensitive feelings when they are truly unreasonable in social situations. That was probably the goal here, but it really missed the mark.
Hope-Librarian –
A solid “yes” on book for all kids, and spectrum kids
I knew as soon as I opened the book to the first exercise it was going to be a good one. We see a picture and there are questions for children to answer about what’s going on. What do you hear? What do you feel? What do you guess is going on? And so on…This will be a great book for parents, counselors, and teachers, both for its kid-friendly exercises and because it includes guidance – in short doses – in every chapter. As author Daniels, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker notes, the skills learned (with adults partnering) are easier to absorb in “bite-sized” pieces. She covers a wide range of social skills. She doesn’t miss much and she has clearly had hands-on experience, and she’s a mom, too. She rightly calls social skills “superpowers” and has an exercise where kids can rate their own strengths and weaknesses.Some topics include starting and keeping a conversation going, accepting different qualities in friends, when to go along with the group and when not to, the three steps to reaching a compromise, telling tales, dealing with dares, table manners, and much more.There are many gold nuggets that will be especially useful for kids on the spectrum, such as reading body language, how to say goodbye, how close to stand to people so they’re not uncomfortable (body bubbles – a great way to describe this so kids will remember!), and reviewing what someone said to see if they’re being oversensitive – or not. This book gets an A+.
Linsay Patterson –
Excellent for teaching kids.
Waleed Abdelmajeed –
A great book that will allow you to actively engage with you clild, and will make ur chilled more emotionally intelligent on the long term 😀
Rachel –
Thanks for the book. I appreciated the practical activities and actions that were described. It was helpful to translate even for adults.
I.S –
I use this book a lot at work. It is right on point and filled with fab activities for junior school children. Highly recommend
Geiita Mukherjee –
Fantastic book…my daughter love this book so much that she completed all the exercises without any hesitation and enjoyed this book with full excitement.I write here her words.