Easy Activities for Building Social Skills: Dozens of Effective Classroom Strategies & Activities to Teach Cooperation and Communication, Manners and Respect, Positive Behavior & More! [Paperback]

Nancy Jolson Leber (Author)

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ISBN-10: 0439163536 | ISBN-13: 978-0439163538 | Publication Date: April 1, 2002

Dozens of Effective Classroom Strategies & Activities to Teach Cooperation & Communication, Manners & Respect, Positive Behavior & More!

Foster a positive classroom community and build twenty essential social skills with dozens of kid-friendly activities! In this comprehensive resource, you'll find clear background information on each skill, specific ways to model appropriate behavior, and companion lessons that use play, writing, songs, art and movement to enrich circle time or any time. You'll also find lists of positive teacher comments, target behaviors, related reading and more!

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About the Author

Nancy Jolson Leber is the author of 25 Super-Fun Spelling Games.

Product Details

• Paperback: 80 pages
• Publisher: Scholastic Teaching Resources (Teaching (April 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0439163536
• ISBN-13: 978-0439163538
• Product Dimensions: 10.6 x 8.3 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #197,164 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great for use with autistic children as well as kindergarteners, March 23, 2007

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ACL (Raleigh, NC USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Easy Activities for Building Social Skills: Dozens of Effective Classroom Strategies & Activities to Teach Cooperation and Communication, Manners and Respect, Positive Behavior & More! (Paperback)

This book has worked well with a small group of 8 CC children. If you need to do pre and post tests for acountability, there is a GREAT face scale that can easily be colored for pre-writers. Activities are well laid out and most are kept to a page, so you don't have to flip back and forth. I am very glad to found this book, I can tell already that it is going to get a lot of use. The pre post test alone is worth the cost of the book!

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Easy Activities for Building Social Skills, August 1, 2008

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Maren Lee (Omaha, NE) - See all my reviews

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There are 19 different social skills lessons with blackline masters. The skills are taught in a variety of formats including direct teaching, discussion, hands-on activities, role-play, puppet play, games, poems and stories, visual aids, and songs. I love to use literature when I can, and this book referenced many picture books for each social skill! It's a fabulous find-I only wish I'd had it sooner!

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Exactly what I needed, September 27, 2007

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This book offers direct lessons with worksheets, group activities, games, and book suggestions all to match each skill being taught in the lesson. It is a great component to any social skills class/group. I am using it for 2nd graders, so the preschool focus may be true for general education students, but for students with social needs, this is appropriate for older kids. Enjoy.