Social Skills teaching resources for Canada
Anxiety and Calming Strategies Bingo
, Not Grade Specific,
The bingo pages frame coping practice as noticing and recording when a strategy is used. Prefilled boards include simple calming options involving breathing, senses, positive self-talk, drawing, hydration, comfort objects, and fidgets, while blank boards let learners add preferred strategies. Both colour and colour spelling versions are provided. The activity can support a broader wellbeing plan, but it is not a substitute for individualized mental-health support.
Author SEN Resource Source
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Tags Anxiety, Coping Strategies, Emotions, Bingo, Mental Health, Mindfulness, Calming Activities, Emotional Well-being, Coping Skills, Self-Reflection
Being Kind to Animals Social Story
, Not Grade Specific,
A first-person social story walks a child through recognizing how animals feel, avoiding rough handling, and checking with an owner before petting.
Author SEN Resource Source
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Tags Kindness, Animals, Social Skills, Empathy, Pets, Social Story, Autism, Special Education, Life Skills
Biting Social Story
, Not Grade Specific,
Three named alternatives — a chew toy, a quiet space, or deep breaths — follow a first-person story that names anger and frustration before drawing a firm line against biting.
Author SEN Resource Source
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Tags Social Story, Behavior, Hurting Others, Biting, Autism, Preschool Social Stories, Social Stories For Preschoolers
Bucket Filler or Bucket Dipper – Kindness Poster
, Not Grade Specific,
Positive examples emphasize listening, kindness, turn-taking, manners, helping, and cleanup. The contrasting column shows disrespectful, hurtful, or disruptive choices so learners can compare their social impact. Teachers can use the poster to discuss behaviour without labeling children themselves as fillers or dippers. The concrete action language supports classroom expectations, reflection, and restorative conversation. The paired layout makes alternative choices easy to discuss side by side.
Author Jennifer Moyer Taylor
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Tags Bucket Filler Or Bucket Dipper, Sel Handout, Sel Poster, Social Emotional Learning, School Counseling, Social Skills, Behavior Management, Handout
Check In Check Out Template (For Behaviour Management, RTI, MTSS)
, Not Grade Specific,
Check In Check Out information is organized in a spreadsheet that users copy before entering their own program details. The template provides an editable structure for the recurring behaviour-management routine rather than a completed student record. Its format supports local adaptation within RTI or MTSS implementation. The delivered access page directs users to make their own spreadsheet copy, preserving a clean original while allowing program-specific entries and labels.
Author Jennifer Moyer Taylor
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Tags Behavior Management, MTSS, RTI, Classroom Management, Check In Check Out, Behavior. Modification, Sel, Social-emotional Learning, School Counseling
Christmas Themed Coping Skills SEL Colouring Pages
, Not Grade Specific,
Five holiday-shaped colour-by-code pictures each pair a lettered coping-skills legend with a matching colour, backed by a sixteen-strategy reference chart.
Author Jennifer Moyer Taylor
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Tags Christmas, Coping Skills, Coloring Pages, Santa, Social Emotional Learning, SEL, School Counseling, Sel Coloring Pages, Winter
Community Signs Flashcards, 63 Essential Safety Signs for Kids
, Not Grade Specific,
The set is designed to help children interpret signs encountered in streets, buildings, transportation areas, and community spaces. Each card pairs a visual sign with a label or recognizable symbol, supporting direct instruction, sorting, matching, and safety discussion. The seven-page format places multiple cards on each printable sheet. Visual review should confirm every sign, label, and cutting boundary before the complete inventory is released.
Author Perfect_Printables
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Tags Community Signs Flashcards, Safety Signs Flashcards, Survival Signs Flashcards, Essential Community Signs, Real Life Signs For Kids, Community Helper Flashcards, Everyday Signs Flashcards, Classroom Safety Signs, Traffic And Road Signs Flashcards, Special Education Signs
Coping Skills Bingo – Mindfulness & SEL Game
, Not Grade Specific,
Coping-skills bingo cards pair a grid of self-regulation strategies with matching calling cards and a how-to-use guide for running the game with a class.
Author Perfect_Printables
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Tags Coping Skills Bingo, Coping Strategies Game, Mindfulness Bingo, Emotional Regulation Game, Stress Relief Activity, Coping Skills Printable, Sel Bingo Game, Mental Health Activity, Social Emotional Learning Game, Anxiety Relief For Kids
Coping Skills SEL Colouring Pages – 4 Strategy Sheets
, Not Grade Specific,
Four shape-outline colouring pages pair a coping strategy with a colour, and a fifth page lists all sixteen strategies as a reference chart.
Author Jennifer Moyer Taylor
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Tags Coping Skills, Feelings, Stress Management, School Counseling, SEL, Special Education, Self-regulation, Sel Coloring Pages, Social Emotional Learning
Death Social Story
, Not Grade Specific,
A fill-in-the-blank social story walks a child through the death of a loved one, with photo placeholders and sentence blanks so an adult can personalize the narrative to the child's own family and loss.
Author SEN Resource Source
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Tags Social Story, Difficult Discussions, Death, Explaining Death, Social Story Death, Social Story About Death
Eating My Lunch at School Social Story
, Not Grade Specific,
A first-person narrative walks a student step by step through the routine of eating lunch at school.
Author SEN Resource Source
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Tags Social Story, Autism, SEN, Life Skills, Special Education
Facebook Template – Editable Google Slides Activity
, Not Grade Specific,
A mock social media profile template with About, Photos, Friends, and Comments pages lets students build a Facebook-style page for a character, historical figure, or themselves, in an editable Google Slides version and a printable PDF version.
Author Roombop
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Tags Social Media, Google, Communication, Facebook Google Slides Template, Facebook Page Template Editable, Facebook Profile Template Google Docs, Editable Facebook Template
Fear of insects Social Story
, Not Grade Specific,
"Insects are Friendly" runs nineteen illustrated pages in the first person, opening with "I do not like insects", validating the fear as normal, then giving reasons insects are harmless and useful — pollination, silk, honey, feeding birds and hedgehogs — before offering deep breaths, talking to someone and a repeatable phrase.
Author SEN Resource Source
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Tags Insects, Fear, Anxiety, Social Story, Coping Strategies, Coping Skills, Overcoming Fears
Feeling Left Out: Social Stories About Emotions and Social Skills
, Not Grade Specific,
The table of contents verifies several delivery choices for the same social-story topic. Teachers can present the digital version to a group, use the larger printed story, assemble a compact half-size copy, or work with individual story cards. The supplied pages do not reveal the story wording or follow-up prompts, so this draft stays at the format and topic level. The material should support guided discussion rather than substitute for individualized support.
Author The Feelings and Friends Teacher
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Tags Social Stories About Emotions, Social Stories Autism, Social Stories, Getting Along With Others, Social Skills Lessons, Social Skills Group, Friendship Lessons, Friendship Skills, Feeling Left Out
Friendship Passport Booklet
, Not Grade Specific,
A friendship-skills booklet pairs a bingo-style icebreaker card with a flower-versus-cactus friendship comparison chart and an eight-step conflict-resolution guide.
Author Jennifer Moyer Taylor
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Tags Sel, Social Emotional Learning, Social Skills, Small Group, School Counseling, Special Education, Booklet, Fun, Friendship
Good Listening – Social Story for Classroom Skills
, Not Grade Specific,
A first-person social story models the specific classroom listening behaviours expected of a student — looking, listening, staying quiet, and sitting still — and closes with a four-point recap.
Author SEN Resource Source
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Tags Social Story, Autism, Behavior, SEN, Good Listening, Listening Social Story
Hair Pulling Social Story
, Not Grade Specific,
A first-person social story names the feelings that often lead to hair pulling, then walks through three separate consequences before the child states a personal commitment to stop.
Author SEN Resource Source
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Tags Social Story, Behavior, Hurting Others, Hair Pulling
Hitting Social Story – Reassuring 7-Page Resource
, Not Grade Specific,
A social story names the feelings of anger and frustration and offers a child three calm-down alternatives to hitting.
Author SEN Resource Source
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Tags Social Story, Behavior, Hurting Others, Hitting, Social Story Hitting Others, Story, Social, Self-regulation
Hugs Social Story
, Not Grade Specific,
A social story models asking permission before hugging, recognizing that not everyone wants to be touched, and offering a high five or hand-holding as an alternative.
Author SEN Resource Source
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Tags Social Story, Autism, SEN, Inappropriate Touch, Hugs, Free Hugs Social Experiment
I Don't Always Get My Own Way – Social Story
, Not Grade Specific,
Four coping strategies — a different activity, a quiet space, deep breaths, or telling an adult — follow a first-person story about not getting your own way.
Author SEN Resource Source
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Tags Social Skills, Autism, Coping Mechanisms, Emotional Regulation, Disappointment
Icebreaker Back To School Battle Brackets
, Not Grade Specific,
The printable itself functions as a launch page rather than containing the full activity. Its image and link direct users to an externally hosted bracket experience, but individual matchups, prompts, rounds, and response options are outside the supplied evidence. The broad icebreaker purpose is verified by the title. Teachers must test access, review content, and prepare a non-digital fallback before classroom use.
Author Jennifer Moyer Taylor
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Tags Icebreakers, Back To School, Battle Brackets, Sel, Social Emotional Learning, Community Building, Games, Advisory, Debate, Social Skills
Safe & Unsafe Touch Cards – 20 Illustrated Visuals
, Not Grade Specific,
Illustrated touch-type cards such as handshake, hug, and tickle are paired with person-type cards such as parent, teacher, and stranger to support personal-boundary discussion.
Author SEN Resource Source
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Tags Inappropriate Touch, Hurtful Touch, Personal Boundaries, Safe And Unsafe Touch, Consent Education, Respectful Relationships, Safety Awareness, Child Safety, Personal Space, Recognizing Boundaries
Inappropriate Touch – Social Story for Kids
, Not Grade Specific,
Private parts, covered by underwear or a swimsuit, are the boundary this social story teaches children not to touch on other people, one short statement per page.
Author SEN Resource Source
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Tags Social Story, Autism, SEN, Inappropriate Touch, Personal Space, Recognizing Boundaries X, Respectful Relationships , Personal Boundaries, Inappropriate Touching Autism, Autistic Child Touching Others Inappropriately
Interrupting People Social Story – Conversation Skills
, Not Grade Specific,
A first-person social story walks a student through the urge to interrupt, the need to wait for a turn to speak, and the reward of people being happy to talk once the wait is over.
Author SEN Resource Source
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Tags Social Story, Autism, SEN, Social Skills, Interrupting Others, Is Interrupting A Sign Of Autism, Autism Interrupting