Playing with Friends Social Stories: Board Games Edition

Build preschool friendship and social play skills with these Playing with Friends social stories and board game activities. This resource helps young learners practice turn-taking, following rules, and showing good sportsmanship while learning how to play classic board and table games. Perfect for kindergarten social emotional lessons, fall social skills activities, ABA therapy, and special education classrooms. Supports ABLLS assessment K15 and IEP goals for play and leisure skills.

✅ Digital Formats Included

• 2 versions of the Board Games Social Story (short rhyming & detailed non-rhyming)
• 41 total slides with 10 interactive practice activities
• Boom™ Cards, Google™ Slides, Easel™, and YouTube™ formats
• Audio, clickable links, and student-friendly visuals

✅ Printable PDF (170 Pages)

• Full social stories in color, black-and-white, and mini take-home versions
• Lesson plan + social group lesson with data sheets
• IEP goal suggestions + teacher support pages (tips, stages of play)
• Reflection page + parent communication notes
• Task analysis visuals for 19 simple board games (Candyland, Uno, Memory, Go Fish, Lucky Ducks, and more) with 5–8 step icons
• Token board reinforcement system
• Sequencing cut-and-paste (4 board games)
• Fine motor “Build It! Go Fish” cut, color, trace, and write activity
• 10 draw/color pages (color by code, drawing prompts, simple coloring)
• “Match It” activities and 6 pages of communication symbols for functional language (e.g., Can I play?, I’m done now, Look at mine!) plus all 19 games as choice boards

✨ Why Teachers & Therapists Love It

• Ready-to-Use: Saves prep time with both print and digital options
• Skill Building: Strengthens play, social interaction, communication, teamwork, and sportsmanship
• Flexible: Use for preschool friendship groups, kindergarten SEL lessons, ABA and special education sessions, or speech/OT groups

This Board Games Social Story resource is ideal for playing with friends social stories, supporting preschool friendship skills, and teaching structured play in ABA and special education settings.

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