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Greetings Social Story – Making Friends & Social Skills Activities

Help young learners build confidence, connection, and communication with this Greetings Social Story and Social Skills Activity Set! Designed for preschool, kindergarten, autism, and special education classrooms, this resource helps children learn how to greet others, join play, and make friends through visuals, stories, and hands-on social emotional learning (SEL) activities.

This comprehensive pack includes two complete social stories—one rhyming and one non-rhyming—along with interactive comprehension slides, printable lessons, and IEP-aligned supports for teaching greetings, friendship, and social confidence.


🎒 What’s Included

Digital Formats (Boom™, Google™ Slides, Easel™, YouTube™)

  • 2 full Greetings Social Stories (rhyming + non-rhyming)
  • 39 total slides with 10 interactive practice activities
  • Audio narration and clickable visuals for student engagement

Printable PDF (140 pages)

  • Color, black-and-white, and mini take-home social stories
  • Lesson plan with small-group social skills activities and a scenario card game
  • Data sheets aligned to ABLLS L10 (Returns Greetings) and L21 (Initiates Greetings)
  • Token board and Boardmaker™ visual prompts (“Hi!” “Nice to meet you!” “See you later!”)
  • 4 sequencing practice activities and short comprehension stories
  • Early-reader mini books, tracing, cut-and-paste, and coloring pages

💡 Why You’ll Love It

✔️ Evidence-Based & Classroom-Tested: Supports ABA, speech, and SEL instruction.
✔️ Flexible & No-Prep: Print or assign digitally for individual or group use.
✔️ Skill Building: Teaches greetings, turn-taking, and social initiation in natural contexts.
✔️ Data-Driven: IEP and ABLLS objectives included with editable tracking sheets.

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For Boom™ products

You must be connected to the Internet. Boom Cards play on modern browsers (Chrome, Safari, Firefox, and Edge). Apps are available for Android, iPads, iPhones, and Kindle Fires. For security and privacy, adults must have a Boom Learning account to use and assign Boom Cards. You will be able to assign the Boom Cards you are buying with “Fast Pins,” (play provides instant feedback for self-grading Boom Cards). Fast Play is always a free way for students to engage with Boom Cards decks. For additional assignment options you’ll need a premium account. If you are new to Boom Learning, you will be offered a free trial of our premium account. Read here for details: http://bit.ly/BoomTrial.

For Google™ products

► You will need Google Drive in order to access this resource. Your students will also need Google accounts so they can access the activity if you are assigning to them.
► You must be logged into your account when you download the file. When you click the link, you will get a prompt, “Would you like to make a copy of….” Click Make a copy, and it will copy to your Drive.
► If your school district has Google access blocked, you can choose to have the resource added to a personal Google account and then share it with your school account.

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