Engage young learners with these preschool or Kindergarten social emotional lessons for outdoor play! This resource supports your social stories about emotions and includes functional communication visuals, sequencing activities, and hands-on SEL supports—perfect for fall social skills activities, autism classrooms, and ABLLS assessment goals.

Help your learners build independence, emotional regulation, and peer interaction skills with this Outdoor Play Social Story & Activity Pack—ideal for preschool, kindergarten, special education, and ABA programs.

Digital Formats (Boom™ Cards, Google™ Slides, Easel™)
  → 2 social stories: rhyming (10 slides) & simple (19 slides)
  → 11 interactive slides to keep learners engaged
  → Great for distance learning, centers, or 1:1 sessions

Printable PDF (150 pages):
  → The 2 social story versions in full color & black and white
  → Mini-books for home connection or individual student copies
  → Full social group lesson plan with:
     – Self-reflection sheet
  – Group data tracking forms
  – Send-home congratulatory notes
  → 12 coloring pages
  → 5- and 6-step sequencing sets for outdoor activities (balls, sandbox, playground, walking, exploring)
  → 3 Drawing activities (2 directed, 1 open-ended)
  → Functional communication visuals with Boardmaker™-style symbols (e.g., “Can I have a turn?”, “I’m done now”)
  → Two printable token boards for reinforcement

Why It Works:

• Supports ABLLS assessment task K3 for play and social skills
  Use in conjunction with your ABLLS-R® assessment available at https://assessments.centralreach.com/
• Reinforces social stories about emotions and self-advocacy in real-world contexts
• Flexible for social skills small group, morning meetings, centers, or 1:1

🎯 Perfect for:

• Emotional regulation
• Keeping my hands to myself social story goals
• Social stories about emotions
• Social emotional learning activities for autism
• Fall social skills activities

PCS is a trademark of Tobii Dynavox LLC. All rights reserved. Used with permission. PCS and Boardmaker are trademarks of Tobii Dynavox LLC. All rights reserved. Used with permission.

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For Google™ products

• You’ll need a Google account to access these resources. Your students will need accounts as well if you’re assigning activities.
• After clicking the link, select “Make a copy” to add the file to your Google Drive.
• If your school restricts access, use a personal Google account to access the file and share it with your school account.

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