Full Description
101 Games for Social Skills is packed with creative and dynamic games that will help children to develop positive relationships and learn the skills of healthy interactions, based on the authors' extensive hands-on experience.
Part of the popular 101 series, this revised edition is crammed full of quick, easy to play and easy to follow games to nurture skills of listening, speaking, observing and concentrating. Including all resources available to download, the games are ideal to add into a schedule throughout the week.
Simple for busy practitioners to pick up and follow, the book is a perfect addition to the toolkit of any early years or primary school teacher. Children will also have great fun playing the games featured in its pages.
Contents
Acknowledgements
Foreword
Introduction
1 Looking
The troublesome tray
A change of clothes
Thinking faces
Signal success
Ready for action
Catch the fox's tail
What am I doing?
Traffic chant
Pass it along
Back writing
Further activities
2 Listening
Who's talking now?
Chain reaction
Let me tell you a story
Who has the ball?
Who was the trickster?
Double trouble
Tongue twisters
Vary the volume
Racing whispers
Clap this way
Further activities
3 Speaking
The tone of my voice
Favourite things
Who can think of something ...?
Special delivery
Who can ...?
Greetings
Round we go
Aliens talking
Paired poem
Spin the bottle
Further activities
4 Thinking
Be the seeker
Odd bods
Guess who I am
Formula 1 quiz
Rhyme and reason
What am I thinking? (1)
What am I thinking? (2)
A moment's thought
Hesitation!
Opposites attract
Further activities
5 Concentrating
Look at you
Letterbox
Bouncy ball
Surfing
Don't you dare laugh!
The octopus' treasure
Fast forward
Racing tableaux
The rainbow game
Clockwise, anti-clockwise
Further activities
6 Thinking of Others
The bad bear rap
Kindness calling
Afloat in a boat
Dining out
Crosspatch, put up the latch
Reactions
The third way
Catch the action
A positive influence
Spies and spycatchers
Further activities
7 Working Together
A pair of hands
The elevator
Get into the right suits
Picture perfect
Who am I talking about?
How long will it take?
Balloon blowing
Eel-ongated
Star-catcher
Interior designer
Further activities
8 Enhancing Communication Skills
Missing letters
The shop game
Talking choices
Short scenes
The right location
Catch the fox
What can animals do?
Noah's ark
Talk back
Trios
Further activities
9 Skills for Out and About
Holidays
Get packing
The train game
Holiday snaps
Getting dressed
Waiting
Positions, please
I'm so cross
A state of independence
Reflections
Further activities
10 Celebrating Together
Let's pretend
Jumping Jacks
I'm so happy
Three's a crowd
Human animals
Our great group
The dice game
On the ball
Celebrations
New Year
Let's party
Further activities
Printable Materials
Training and Resources
