Social Skills teaching resources for Canada
It’s OK Not to be First Social Story
, Not Grade Specific,
A first-person social story walks a child through everyday classroom moments where someone else is picked first, modeling calm self-talk for waiting a turn.
Author SEN Resource Source
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Tags Social Story, Its OK Not To Be First, Good Sport, Poor Loser
It’s OK to Make Mistakes Social Story
, Not Grade Specific,
Eight illustrated first-person pages walk a child from "I hate getting the answer wrong" to four things to do instead — say "That's OK, I'll just try again", cross the mistake out neatly, erase and retry, or ask the teacher — with an adult guidance page on sharing the story.
Author SEN Resource Source
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Tags Social Story, Autism, SEN, Making Mistakes, Growth Mindset, Acceptance, Resilience, Coping With Errors, Positive Self-Talk, Self-Reflection, It's Ok To Be Wrong, Mistakes Are Ok
Keeping My Hands to Myself – Social Story
, Not Grade Specific,
Illustrated first-person pages make up a social story about keeping hands to self, moving from noticing restless hands to sitting with hands in lap. One sentence per page walks a child from noticing that hands are hard to keep still to holding them in their lap on the carpet.
Author SEN Resource Source
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Tags Social Story, Autism, Behavior, Social Skills, Hands To Myself, Social Narrative, Social Story Hands In Pants, Social Stories Keeping Hands To Self, How To Teach A Child To Keep Hands To Themselves
Kind Hands Social Story – Gentle Hands Resource
, Not Grade Specific,
A first-person social story walks a child through the difference between kind and unkind uses of their hands, naming pinching, hitting, hair pulling, and pushing as unkind before closing with a reassuring statement that using kind hands helps everyone feel happy.
Author SEN Resource Source
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Tags Social Story, Kind Hands, Hurting, Behavior, Gentle Hands Social Story
Kind Words Social Story
, Not Grade Specific,
A first-person, illustrated social story walks a child through recognizing unkind word choices, understanding how they hurt others, and pausing to ask "is this kind?" before speaking.
Author SEN Resource Source
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Tags Social Story, Kind Words, Hurtful Words, Behavior, Bullying, Books About Using Kind Words, Using Kind Words Social Story
Personal Boundaries – Social Story for Kids
, Not Grade Specific,
Everyone has private parts, and only parents or doctors may look at them — this social story teaches children not to look at other people's private parts or underwear.
Author SEN Resource Source
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Tags Social Story, Appropriate Behavior, Examples Of Social Stories For Preschoolers, People's Privates, Peoples Privates
Loud Noises Social Story
, Not Grade Specific,
A first-person picture story about loud noises that names the discomfort they cause and then offers four things to try, ending with a rule about when ear defenders come off.
Author SEN Resource Source
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Tags Social Story, Noise Sensitivity, Autism, SEN
My Teacher is Pregnant Social Story
, Not Grade Specific,
My Teacher is Pregnant is a first-person social story that walks children through what a teacher's pregnancy will change - doctor visits, tiredness, a substitute, and maternity leave - in two spelling versions, UK 'mum' and US 'mom'.
Author SEN Resource Source
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Tags Social Story, Substitute Teacher, Pregnant Teacher
Partner Talk Anchor Charts – 3-Chart Set
, Not Grade Specific,
Three anchor charts teach the physical and verbal habits of a productive partner talk, from eye contact to letting one person speak at a time.
Author First in Line
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Tags Partner Talk, Anchor Chart, Reading Chart, Reading Notebook, Listening Skills
Communication Styles – Passive/Assertive/Aggressive
, Not Grade Specific,
Communication Styles introduces the idea that how people speak to one another matters. The lesson distinguishes passive, assertive, and aggressive approaches, then asks learners to represent all three styles in comics built around the same friendship scenario. Holding the situation constant makes differences in language, tone, boundaries, and likely outcomes easier to compare. The activity supports discussion of respectful self-expression without claiming that one isolated response defines a person’s character.
Author Jennifer Moyer Taylor
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Tags Passive Communication, Assertive Communication, Communication Styles, Passive Aggressive Teacher, Sel Presentation, Sel, Social Emotional Learning, School Counseling
Periodic Table Of Emotions-Emotions Chart
, Not Grade Specific,
Human emotions are organized in a visual grid modelled on the structure of a periodic table. Each compact cell carries an abbreviation and a full feeling label, allowing related positive, difficult, and social emotions to be scanned within one poster. Terms range from tenderness and compassion to dread, loneliness, frustration, jealousy, and blame. A basic-emotions key provides a broader frame for interpreting the many named states.
Author Jennifer Moyer Taylor
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Tags Emotions Chart, Emotions Poster, Feelings Chart, Feelings Poster, SEL, Social Emotional Learning, School Counseling, Social Skills, SEL Poster, Feelings
Personal Space – Reassuring 6-Page Social Story
, Not Grade Specific,
A first-person social story explains why standing too close to others is uncomfortable and models leaving space when talking, standing, or sitting near someone.
Author SEN Resource Source
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Tags Social Story, Personal Space, Autism, SEN, Social Skills, Space, Story, Social
Scratching Social Story
, Not Grade Specific,
Told in a child's own first-person voice, this social story names anger and frustration as the feelings behind scratching, explains why scratching hurts others, and offers three calming strategies instead.
Author SEN Resource Source
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Tags Teaching Resource, Social Story, Autism Spectrum, Behavior Management
Screaming Social Story
, Not Grade Specific,
A first-person social story about the urge to scream when feelings run high, moving from why screaming does not help to four things to do instead, one short sentence to a page.
Author SEN Resource Source
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Tags Social Story, Screaming, Autism, SEN, Screaming And Autism
SEL Colouring Pages with Positive Affirmations
, Not Grade Specific,
Five colouring pages, each headed by a blank name line, make up this positive-affirmations colouring set.
Author Jennifer Moyer Taylor
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Tags SEL Coloring Pages, Sel, Social Emotional Learning, School Counseling, Affirmations, Mindfulness Coloring, Social Skills, Coloring, Coloring Pages
SEL Worksheets-Feelings SEL Word Search and SEL Crossword Puzzles
, Not Grade Specific,
Feelings vocabulary appears first in a letter-grid search and then in a crossword asking learners to identify emotions. The paired formats require different retrieval processes: visual scanning for written terms and clue-based naming for crossword entries. Both pages stay within the same social-emotional topic, allowing repeated exposure without duplicating the task structure. The compact pair can be completed as a focused vocabulary review.
Author Jennifer Moyer Taylor
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Tags Sel Worksheets, Sel, Social Emotional Learning, School Counseling, Feelings, Emotions, Counseling, Empathy, SEL Word Search, SEL Crossword Puzzle
Sharing – Social Story for Young Learners
, Not Grade Specific,
A first-person social story walks a young learner through recognizing the urge to snatch a toy, asking politely for a turn instead, and how sharing makes both children feel happy.
Author SEN Resource Source
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Tags Social Story, Sharing, Social Skills, SEN, Social Story For Sharing, Sharing Story For Preschoolers
SEL Empathy Activities – 12-Page Unit
, Not Grade Specific,
A June-themed empathy unit pairs a teacher planning page and caregiver letter with a partner-acting activity, illustrated scenario cards, and repeated student response pages built around the sentence frame 'My friend is ___. I say, ___.'
Author Kindergarten Cafe
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Tags Empathy, Social, Emotional, Learning, Activities, Activities About Empathy, Activities To Practice Empathy, Empathy Activities, Teaching Empathy Activities, Empathy Activities For Elementary Students, Elementary, Kindergarten, Teaching, Social Emotional Learning, Perspective Taking
Sometimes I Feel Angry - A Social Story About Anger
, Not Grade Specific,
A first-person social story names common triggers and physical signs of anger, acknowledges the feeling as normal, and offers five specific calming strategies a child can try.
Author SEN Resource Source
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Tags Social Story, Anger, Angry, Emotions, Behavior, Anger Social Story, Social Stories Anger Frustration
Sometimes I Feel Jealous Social Story
, Not Grade Specific,
Fifteen short pages name common jealousy triggers and reactions in the first person, then close with four concrete coping strategies like taking deep breaths.
Author SEN Resource Source
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Tags Social Story, Emotions, Jealousy, Autism And Jealousy In Adults, Story Of Jealousy, Jealous Stories, Jealous Story, Activities To Teach About Jealousy
Sometimes People Cry Social Story
, Not Grade Specific,
A first-person social story walks a student through why a classmate might cry, how to respond, and how to stay calm if the noise feels uncomfortable.
Author SEN Resource Source
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Tags Social Story, Coping With Crying, Emotions, Sadness
Stealing Social Story
, Not Grade Specific,
First-person narration walks a child through why taking things that aren't theirs is stealing, and models asking to borrow instead.
Author SEN Resource Source
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Tags Stealing, Social Story, SEN, Social Stories About Stealing, Social Story For Stealing, Social Stories Stealing, Social Story Stealing, Stealing Social Story
Stranger Danger – Social Story for Kids
, Not Grade Specific,
A short, large-print story defines what a stranger is and walks a child through simple safety rules, with matching US- and UK-spelling versions.
Author SEN Resource Source
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Tags Stranger, SEN, Social Skills, Autism, Social Story, Social Narrative
Table Manners Social Story
, Not Grade Specific,
Fifteen illustrated first-person pages follow a meal from washing hands to asking to leave the table, giving one table-manners rule per page — closed-mouth chewing, cutlery, pacing, "pardon me" after a burp, and no slurping.
Author SEN Resource Source
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Tags Social Story, Table Manners, Polite