Safe Hands and Feet – Social Story for Kids
- Grades
- K–2
- Pages
- 8
- File type
- Preparation
- Print ready
- Subject
- Social Emotional Learning (SEL), Social Skills
- Topic
- Safe hands, Safe feet
- Preparation
- Print ready
Product description
From the author
This eight-page Social Story for Safe Hands and Feet pairs first-person sentences with pictures. It discusses anger, hitting, kicking and pushing, then names four calming options: talking to an adult, counting, slow breathing and a quiet place. Preview its statements about friendships and teacher-imposed consequences before choosing it for a child.
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Teaching tips & learning objectives
Learning objectives
Recognize and name the feeling of anger or frustration as a normal emotion.
Understand how unsafe hands and feet (hitting, kicking, pushing) affect the safety and feelings of others.
Practice a "STOP and think" strategy to pause before reacting to anger.
Teaching tips
Preview the story’s wording and consequence language before choosing it for a child.
Practice the named calming options during a calm moment.
Discuss whom the child can approach for help and which quiet space is available.
Skills covered
Emotional self-awareness — recognizing and naming feelings of anger or frustration.
Perspective-taking — understanding how one's actions affect how safe others feel.
Self-regulation strategies — using a stop-and-think prompt and calming techniques (counting, deep breathing, a quiet space) before reacting.
Good to know
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What calming options does the story name?
Talking to an adult, counting to ten, taking slow deep breaths and sitting in a quiet place.
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