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Preschool social studies scripts for special education
Social Story Behaviors That Hurt! (Editable) Book Special Education Autism PCS
Our Behaviors That Hurt social story book covers some common bad behaviors that children may display. As parents, caregivers, and teachers we know that children can sometimes struggle with their emotions and actions. They might bite, hit, or kick others when they feel upset or frustrated, which can be distressing for both the child and those around them. This is where our social story can help!It is a short social story that uses simple language and engaging illustrations to teach children about
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PreK - 2nd
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Also included in: Social Stories Growing Bundle (52 Books) Special Education Autism PCS
Being a Good Friend Social Skills Story Pack with Friendship Activities
This Being A Good Friend Social Skills Story Pack is designed for students who are not yet establishing meaningful friendships or who don’t yet understand the key behaviors involved in being a kind friend to someone. Exploring 7 key social skills required for being a kind friend: sharing, turn taking, using kind words, playing games that were not your choice (accepting other people’s choices), playing games in different ways (flexible play), asking friends to play (initiating interactions) havin
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PreK - 2nd
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Social Skills Lesson: Accepting No Social Story and Activities
Social Skills Lesson: Accepting NoTeaching social skills to students is such a passion of mine. Social skills are so important for students to learn explicitly. This social skill lesson is about teaching student's how to accept no. So many students struggle with this social skill and this lesson teaches them ways to appropriately respond to being told no. What's included?Social Skills Lesson Plan Binder CoverSocial Skills Lesson Plan: Full lesson plan on accepting no Social Skills Printables: Vi
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PreK - 3rd
Visual Social Story Packet for Children with Autism: Behavior Set
Unlock valuable behavioral solutions with our collection of 4 social stories targeting common behavior problems, designed specifically for special education teachers and parents of autistic students. Addressing issues such as frustration, time-outs, jealousy, and sensitivity to loud noises, these stories are short and visually supported, making them an effective and user-friendly intervention for various behaviors. Social stories provide direct instruction and training for social skills, helping
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PreK - 8th
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Visual Social Story Packet for Children with Autism: Personal Space Set
Explore our valuable collection of 3 social stories addressing common behavior problems, tailored for special education teachers and parents. Covering topics such as "Hands to Yourself," "Personal Space," and "When You Can Give a Hug," these concise stories, paired with visuals, serve as effective interventions for various behaviors. Designed to aid children in navigating social situations, each story describes a scenario and outlines an appropriate response. Directly instruct and enhance social
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PreK - 8th
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Social Story Keep Your Clothes On (Editable)Autism Special Education
"Keep Your Clothes On" social story is a great tool to help children with autism learn appropriate clothing behavior and social skills!As a parent, teacher, or caregiver of a child with autism, you know how challenging it can be to teach them about appropriate clothing behavior in social situations. "Keep Your Clothes On" is designed to make this process easier and more effective.This social story uses clear, simple language and colorful illustrations to help children understand:Why it's importa
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PreK - 2nd
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Also included in: Social Stories Growing Bundle (52 Books) Special Education Autism PCS
Communication Skills: Social Story Adapted Books
Elevate your special education program with our collection of 4 social story adapted books, designed for special education teachers and parents of autistic students. Social stories are a highly effective method for promoting positive behaviors and reducing negative behaviors. This resource uniquely combines social stories with adapted books, providing an interactive and visually-based approach.These mini stories can be used as proactive tools before anticipated events or read regularly to reinfo
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PreK - 8th
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First Then Board Visual Schedule Chart with First Next Then Last
First Then Visual Schedules are great for helping children learn what will happen and when. First Then Boards are perfect for learning the concept of time and can help ease any anxieties that may come with transitioning between activities in the classroom and in daily life.First Then boards are a wonderful visual tool to help our learners with special needs know what comes first and what will come next.What's Included? 7 different boards to choose from including various sizes, first/then, first/
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PreK - 2nd
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153 Conversation starter cards (2 sets) - great for social skills / conversation
This packet includes 2 different conversation starter card sets.
- SET 1 contains 60 cards that was included in the original product line.
- SET 2 contains 93 cards that are also part of my Social Skills Group Curriculum that is available in my store. I figured I should include these cards here in addition to the old set because I like them better and they are easier on the ink :).
I am also adding a blank page for Set 2 so that you can create your own cards.
The cards in the two sets are ma
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PreK - 12th
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Social Story My Book of Emotions (Editable) Special Education Autism
This Book of Emotions social story is designed to help children recognize and understand different emotions. It covers six emotions, which include happy, sad, mad, scared, proud, and frustrated.Through colorful illustrations and simple language, children will learn some of the causes and effects of these emotions, and what they should do when they feel this way. The last page of the book includes an I feel strip and storage for all six emotion cards.It’s a great resource for parents, educators,
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PreK - 1st
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Also included in: Social Stories Growing Bundle (52 Books) Special Education Autism PCS
Visual Social Story Packet for Children with Autism: Friendship Set
Explore our curated collection of 4 social stories centered around fostering friendships, tailored for special education teachers and parents, especially beneficial for children with autism. Addressing topics like "It's Okay Not to Win," "Standing Up for Your Friend," "Saying Sorry," and "Sharing with Your Friends," these concise stories, enriched with visuals, provide an effective intervention for a variety of behaviors. Crafted to assist children in navigating social situations, each story des
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PreK - 8th
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Social Story Making Green & Red Choices (Editable) Book Special Education PCS
Our Making Green and Red Choices social story is designed to help children learn about making positive choices in a simple, engaging, and visual way that makes the information easier to understand.With this social story, children will learn how to identify positive and negative choices through the use of the colors green and red. Green choices are positive and helpful, while red choices are negative and potentially harmful. This distinction is easy for children to understand and remember, making
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PreK - 2nd
Also included in: Social Stories Growing Bundle (52 Books) Special Education Autism PCS
Speech Therapy Boardmaker Sentence Starter Strip I WANT, I SEE/LIKE/DON'T AUTISM
Speech Therapy: “I WANT/ DON’T WAN’T / I LIKE / DON’T LIKE/ I SEE / I WANT (NUMBER) (COLOR) SENTENCE STARTERS.” This is a staple product for me, as I use these daily with my students. I use this with my students that are minimally verbal or non-verbal. It helps to develop language, expand utterances and for communication of needs (i.e., I want…/ don’t want). It also helps with my students that are language delayed to refine and structure their sentences. I have also found this product us
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PreK - 3rd
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Social Story: Asking For Help
Social StoryAsking For HelpSocial story about how to ask for help appropriately. Versions included:Colored and printer friendly black and white versionsHalf and full page versionsDigital Google slides versionActivity included to check for understanding.This social story is included in my Classroom Management Bundle!If you have any questions, please email me at BrookeReaganTPT@gmail.comDon't forget to click the green star at the top of the page to follow me and be the first to know about new reso
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PreK - 5th
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Also included in: Social Story Bundle: Social Stories about Classroom Management
Visual Social Story Packet for Children with Autism: Communication Set 1
Discover our valuable collection of 4 social stories addressing common challenges related to communication and social skills, designed for special education teachers and parents, particularly beneficial for children with autism. Tackling topics like "I Don't Interrupt," "Asking Politely," "Commenting," and "Being a Good Listener," these concise stories, paired with visuals, offer an effective intervention for a variety of behaviors. Crafted to assist children in navigating social situations, eac
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PreK - 8th
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Visual Schedule, Sentence Strips and Picture Communication Speech Therapy AAC
Looking for the perfect visual supports to aid communication and support transitions? Our Visual Schedule, Sentence Strips and Picture Communication BUNDLE for Speech Therapy include over 890+ visuals, from picture icons, sentence starter strips, visual schedules and routine templates - you'll have everything you need to get started. Ideal for home learning and speech therapy, this bundle makes it easy to create comprehensive and interactive visuals that support communication and ensure smooth t
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PreK - 2nd
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Visual Social Story Packet for Children with Autism: School Behaviors Set 2
Discover the effectiveness of social stories, a practical intervention for various behaviors, designed for special education teachers and parents seeking support for children. These concise stories, enriched with visuals, are tailored to help children behave appropriately in social situations. Each narrative vividly describes a situation and scripts the appropriate response, providing crucial direct instruction and social skills training. This collection focuses on common school behaviors, inclu
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PreK - 8th
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Picture Communication Visual Starter Kit AAC Speech Therapy & Special Education
Introducing the ultimate tool to kickstart your student's journey with AAC! Our comprehensive resource boasts over 550+ visuals and sentence strips to facilitate meaningful conversations between your student and their peers. With core vocabulary and visual supports, your student can effortlessly make comments, requests and answer questions. Increase your student's mean length utterances (MLU) or sentence length with ease. Our tool is perfect for creating a communication book for your student, ma
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PreK - 2nd
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Social Story: No Hitting
Social StoryNo HittingA social story about not hitting others and providing appropriate replacement behaviors for hitting. What's included:Full page and half page social story versionsColor and black and white printer friendly versionsActivity included to check to understandingDigital Google Slides versionNo Hitting Visuals and Calming StrategiesIf you have any questions please feel free to email me at BrookeReaganTPT@gmail.comDon't forget to follow my by clicking the green star at the top of my
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PreK - 5th
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Social Skills Lesson: Active Listening Social Story and Activities
Social Skills Lesson: Active ListeningSocial skills are so important to teach to explicitly to children. This social skill lesson is about active listening. It teaches about what is means to listen and how to be an active listener. What's included?Social skills lesson plan binder coverSocial skills lesson Plan Social skills printable/ posters: Active ListeningVisuals about active listeningDesk visual for studentsVisuals for key ring or anchor chartActive Listening visual with stepsSocial Story:
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PreK - 5th
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Social Story Taking a Break Book + Break Cards (Editable) Behavior Autism
Our Taking a Break Social Story uses simple language and illustrations to teach children how to ask for a break when they are feeling frustrated or mad at school. This break will allow your students to de-stress and refocus on the task at hand.This social story book is 8 1/2 x 11 with 9 pages + 10 break cards both with editable text.Creative Learning 4 Kidz is a licensed seller of PCS.PCS, Copyright 1981-2019 by TobiiDynavox. All rights reserved worldwide. Used with permission.I recommend you
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PreK - 3rd
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Also included in: Social Stories Growing Bundle (52 Books) Special Education Autism PCS
Visual Social Story Packet for Children with Autism: School Behaviors Set 1
Discover the effectiveness of social stories, a valuable intervention for a variety of behaviors, specifically designed for special education teachers and parents of children with autism. These concise stories, complemented by visuals, are tailored to help children behave appropriately in social situations. Each narrative vividly describes a situation and scripts the appropriate response, providing crucial direct instruction and social skills training for children with autism. This collection of
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PreK - 8th
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Social Stories I Can Go Potty! (Editable) Bundle Toilet Training
These Potty Training Social Stories are specifically designed to help children with autism understand the process of potty training and feel more comfortable with using the toilet.Social stories are a proven method for teaching children with autism about social situations and behaviors. The Potty Training Social Story takes this approach and applies it to the task of potty training. The story uses simple language and illustrations to explain the steps involved in using the toilet, from sitting d
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PreK - 1st
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Behavior Management - Social Stories for Classroom Routines
These social stories are a great addition to your classroom management program, because they are perfect for helping you teach and reinforce expected behaviors for different types of instructional activities! There is one social story for each of the following:★ Whole group instruction★ Small group instruction★ Partner or small group work★ Independent seat workStory Features:★ Generic enough to accurately describe instruction in most classrooms (special ed and regular ed).★ They feature Dot D
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PreK - 2nd
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Find Social Studies - History resources | TPT
Importance of learning social studies
Social studies offers valuable insights into history, geography, and much more. Social studies captivates students by providing them with perspectives from the past, present, and future, allowing them to understand history and navigate current events. It enables them to appreciate how previous generations have shaped their present reality. In essence, social studies opens their eyes to the vastness of life beyond their immediate surroundings.
Benefits of learning social studies
Learning social studies offers many benefits to students in terms of helping them develop a holistic understanding of the world. Namely, it helps them:
- Learn about the achievements, challenges, perspectives, traditions, and customs of different societies
- Evaluate information, analyze evidence, and make informed judgments about complex social, economic, and political issues
- Become active, responsible, and engaged citizens
- Comprehend global issues such as human rights, environmental sustainability, and economic disparities
By teaching social studies, teachers can help students develop critical thinking skills, foster civic engagement, and promote social awareness and responsibility.
Teaching with social studies resources
On TPT, social studies resources come in various formats, from worksheets to interactive notebooks to units. They can be used to enhance learning, assess a student’s mastery of social studies concepts, or to reteach a tricky topic. With plenty of TPT resources at your fingertips, teaching and learning social studies will be so much easier.
Discover printable and digital social studies resources
If you’re a teacher or parent looking for printable or digital social studies resources, TPT has an extensive array of instructional materials for every learning need, topic, or grade level. Whether you’re teaching students about America’s democratic process, the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., how to read maps, or World War II, we’ve got you covered.
Social studies resources on TPT offer informative lessons, engaging texts, intriguing facts, interactive puzzles, and enjoyable trivia games. These grade-specific resources ensure that all students can access age-appropriate materials that stimulate their minds and enhance their creative thinking abilities.
For instance, first graders can explore worksheets on senses and emotions, followed by a coloring page featuring Harriet Tubman. Older students can test their knowledge with quizzes on statistics and capital cities, then delve into the history of the Underground Railroad through an informational sheet or enjoy a word search focused on civil rights leaders. With such a wide variety of subjects and topics covered, our social studies pages provide endless opportunities for students to explore the world in captivating ways.
Frequently asked questions about teaching social studies
What types of social studies lessons are available on TPT?
There are many different types of history resources sold by Sellers on TPT. Some popular social studies lessons include U.S. history, world history, ancient history, geography, civics, and government.
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Educators can save time preparing history lessons with resources created by experienced teachers. Simply start a search for social studies resources on the TPT marketplace, and filter by grade level, price, and/or resource type to find materials that've been proven to work in classrooms like yours. No matter what you’re teaching, there are plenty of social studies lessons and activities sold by Sellers on TPT that are tailored to meet your students' skill levels.
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