Kind Words Social Story
- Grades
- Not Grade Specific
- Pages
- 22
- File type
- Preparation
- Print ready
- Subject
- Special Education Needs (SEN), Social Skills
- Topic
- Kind words, Communication
- Resource types
- Activities
- Preparation
- Print ready
Product description
From the author
Kind Words Social Story is a 22-page illustrated PDF about respectful communication. It gives examples of kind and unkind speech and introduces the question “Are these words kind?”
Read selected pages with a child or small group and practise respectful ways to express needs and boundaries. Pages can be placed in a display book or laminated for reuse.
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Teaching tips & learning objectives
Learning objectives
Discuss respectful and hurtful ways to express a thought, need or feeling.
Consider how words may affect another person, without assuming everyone reacts in the same way.
Practise pausing to ask whether a chosen phrase is respectful.
Teaching tips
Read in a calm one-to-one or small-group setting.
Practice a respectful alternative to an example from the story.
Include language for expressing personal boundaries.
Skills covered
Kind vs. unkind word recognition — students identify specific examples of both from the story's contrasted phrases and scenarios.
Emotional consequence awareness — students discuss possible feelings and social effects while recognizing that reactions vary.
Self-monitoring — students practice a concrete self-check question ("Are these words kind?") before speaking.
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Questions teachers ask about this resource
How can I extend the reading into practice?
Choose an example and help the child express a need or feeling respectfully. Rehearse the self-check question during a calm conversation.
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Resource details
Concepts & topics
Core concepts
Core concepts
Kind vs. unkind words
Emotional consequences of speech
Self-monitoring before speaking
Social story format
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