Struggling with pretend play? Teach imagination, safe hands & social language—made simple!

Engage young learners with these preschool and Kindergarten social emotional lessons for pretend play! This resource supports theme-based social stories and includes role play cards, communication visuals, and sequencing activities—perfect for fall social skills activities, ABLLS goals, and autism classrooms.

Help your learners build imagination, language, and independence with this Theme Play Social Story & Activity Pack—ideal for preschool, kindergarten, ABA, and special education programs.

Skills Supported
• ABLLS assessment K7 Plays with toys related to a theme and K6 Independent play with verbal behavior
Use in conjunction with your ABLLS-R® assessment available at https://assessments.centralreach.com/
• Pretend play, language use, and peer interaction

✅ What’s Inside
Digital (Boom™, Google™, Easel™, YouTube™)
• 1 Rhyming story version (11 slides)
• 1 Simple story version (11 slides)
• 10 interactive practice slides with play phrases

Printable PDF (175 pages)
• Both social story versions (12 pages) in color, B&W, and mini take-home books
• Social group lesson plan with data, self-reflection, and home notes
• Token board + 8 coloring pages
• Sequencing activity: 6 play scripts to cut and order
• 2 color-by-number pages
• 8 sets of role play cards (7 actions each theme)
• 23 pages of Boardmaker™ communication visuals + play script visuals

Why Teachers Love It
• Builds pretend play step by step with ready-to-use visuals
• Flexible for morning meeting, centers, social groups, or 1:1
• Boosts independence, language, and joyful play

Perfect for: fall social skills activities, SEL, preschool first day of school activities, autism classrooms, ABA, and speech therapy

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For Boom™ products

To use Boom Cards, you must be connected to the Internet. Boom Cards play on modern browsers (Chrome, Safari, Firefox, and Edge). Apps are available for modern Android, iPads, iPhones, and Kindle Fires. For security and privacy, adults must have an account to use and assign Boom Cards. You will be able to assign the Boom Cards you are buying with “Fast Pins,” (a form of play that gives instant feedback to students for self-grading Boom Cards). For assignment options that report student progress back to you, you will need to purchase a subscription. If you are new to Boom, you will be offered a free trial. Read here for details: http://bit.ly/BoomTrial.

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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