Social Skills

What Are Social Skills?

The most important thing to remember regarding social skills is that everyone is unique, no two children will have the same abilities, including social skills. There are a variety of different social skills, some children may excel at some and struggle with others. Social skills are something that need to be taught and modeled for children, just as they are taught reading or math, and there are a variety of ways to practive social skills at school and at home. The book Social Skills Activities for Kids by Natasha Daniels offers some creative insight on fostering social skills in children that are fun and easy to impement at home.

One of the first steps needed to improve social skills is understanding what social skills are, and which social skills are an individuals strength.

The video below is a story that demonstates the importance of having good social skills.

Top 10 Everyday Social Skills

According to Natasha Daniels the following are 10 social skills that can be used everyday.

1. Be friendly and smile at others

2. Be considerate and thoughtful of those around you

3. Share and wait you turn

4. Be calm and control your emotions, especially anger

5. Don't talk unkindly about others

6. Ask people questions about themselves

7. Ask other people to play with you

8. Have good manners and be polite

9. Make good eye contact and dont mumble

10. Take turns talking and listening

My Superpower Score

To get a better idea of where a child's strengths are in specific social skills, this assessment can be used from Natasha Daniels book. Social Skills and Activities for Kids.