Making Friends, PreK–3 (eBook)

A Social Skills Program for Inclusive Settings

Ruth Herron Ross, Elizabeth L. Roberts-Pacchione (Autoren)

eBook Download: EPUB

2011 | 2., Second Edition
232 Seiten
Sage Publications (Verlag)
978-1-4522-6957-3 (ISBN)

Infos

Helping students develop healthy social skills is child's playResearch shows that a child's social and behavioral skills affect the development of cognitive and physical abilities. Set students on a path to success and have fun doing it with this newly retitled edition of the popular Wanna Play. The authors provide hundreds of activities that help children learn how to behave appropriately and make friends. Included are tools for teaching emotion regulation, team playing, and body safety to all children, making this resource ideal for use in inclusive settings. New features include:A social interaction checklist for identifying learners' strengths and weaknessesTeacher-friendly activities that can be used in small groups or with the whole classA chapter on teaching emotions and communication skillsStudents with social challenges benefit from direct instruction, and early intervention helps prevent behavior problems and pave the way to academic success. This hands-on guidebook gives teachers, counselors, behavior therapists, and caregivers a wealth of easily implemented and fun-filled ways to enhance children's skills in all areas of social interaction.

Inhalt

Acknowledgments
About the Authors
Introduction: Welcome to the Wanna Play Program
Guidelines for Curriculum Success
How to Use this Book
Social Interaction Checklist
Unit 1: Discovering Social Skills
Lesson 1.1: What Are Social Skills?
Lesson 1.2: Making New Friends
Lesson 1.3: Building Friendships
Lesson 1.4: Relationships With Different Types of Friends
Unit 2: Using Appropriate Eye Contact for Interaction
Lesson 2.1: What Is Eye Contact?
Lesson 2.2: Looking to Talk
Lesson 2.3: Looking to Listen
Lesson 2.4: Looking to Learn
Lesson 2.5: Interest in Others
Unit 3: Social Skills for Interacting With Friends
Lesson 3.1: Fun With Friends
Lesson 3.2: Sweet Words/ Kind Words
Lesson 3.3: Safe Body/ Body Safety
Lesson 3.4: Playing Together
Unit 4: Appropriate Body Behavior
Lesson 4.1: Introduction to Body Awareness
Lesson 4.2: Body Needs--Strengths and Weaknesses
Lesson 4.3: Personal Play Space
Lesson 4.4: Body Privacy
Lesson 4.5: Modesty/Hygiene
Lesson 4.6: Appropriate Bodies in Different Environments
Unit 5: Appropriate Emotional Behavior
Lesson 5.1: What Are Emotions and How Do We Show Them?
Lesson 5.2: Choosing How We React
Lesson 5.3: Staying Calm When We Don't Get Along
Lesson 5.4: Appropriate Ways of Sharing Our Emotions
Unit 6: Appropriate Behavior in a Group
Lesson 6.1: Listening in a Group
Lesson 6.2: Socializing With Peers in a Group
Lesson 6.3: Learning in a Group
Lesson 6.4: Following Directions in Groups
Unit 7: Playing Games
Lesson 7.1: Sportsmanship/Cheering and Encouragement
Lesson 7.2: Going First
Lesson 7.3: Who Won?
Lesson 7.4: Playing Friends' Games
Lesson 7.5: Outside Games
Lesson 7.6: Indoor Games
Appendix A: Friendship Cards
Appendix B: Worksheets and Materials

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 28.1.2011
• Verlagsort: Thousand Oaks
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lernhilfen
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Didaktik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Sonder-, Heil- und Förderpädagogik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Vorschulpädagogik
• Schlagworte: appropriate behavior • Disabilities • Early Intervention • Emotional Intelligence • friendship skills • Inclusion • Socialization • Special education • Special Needs • Wanna Play
• ISBN-10: 1-4522-6957-2 / 1452269572
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4522-6957-3 / 9781452269573