Turkey Talk Thanksgiving Social Skills Task Cards

by Kathy Babineau
Grades 1-6

Turkey Talk Thanksgiving Social Skills Task Cards

The holiday season is always a test of social skills for all of us. Thanksgiving is often a time for family and friends to get together and enjoy one another’s company. It is also a time when we need to be polite, socially appropriate and friendly with family and friends. This set includes social language task cards that target SOLVING PROBLEMS, STICKING TO THE TOPIC when talking with others and some fun “ACT IT OUT” cards for common Thanksgiving activities. 

To use, simply print out the cards, cut them apart and laminate them if you wish.

Set contains: 16 Problem Solver Cards, 16 Topic Talker Cards and 16 Act It Out Cards.

If you like this product, you may also like:

Halloween Social Skills Task Cards

Winter Holidays Social Skills Task Cards

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Halloween, Thanksgiving and Winter Holiday Social Skills Task Cards Bundle

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Happy Thanksgiving!

Kathy Babineau MS, CCC-SLP

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Social Skills for Teenagers

by Kathy Babineau
Grades 6-12

Social Skills for Teenagers

This kit contains 52 cards. (24 Talk About It cards, 16 Role Play cards, and 16 Social Media cards). These are great for small social skills groups. The vocabulary and topics included are best for middle school and high school students. 

The Talk About It Cards cover a wide range of topics from asking someone to go out on a date to asking for a raise at work.

For the Role Play cards, I like to have multiple teams role play the same scenes, because there may be several correct ways to “act out” the situation. It is also fun sometimes to role play the situation in an inappropriate way and then discuss why it may be hurtful or inappropriate or offensive. Be sure to brainstorm and discuss how body language, facial expressions, and tone of voice and word choice are all important to communication. 

The Social Media cards focus on texting, cell phone etiquette, online social sites and computers.

To use this kit, simply print out all sheets and then cut apart and laminate (optional) the cards, and you are good to go! They are all in black and white (except the cover page) to go easy on the color copying budget. 

Enjoy!

Kathy Babineau MS, CCC-SLP
Speech Language Pathologist 

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Beach Themed Act It Out

by Kathy Babineau
Grades KG-4

Beach Themed Act It Out

Welcome Summer!

This kit contains 28 colorful Beach Themed “Act It Out” cards. Print them out, cut them apart and laminate them (optional). Use the cards with individual students, in small groups or in whole class lessons. Kids love to get silly with this activity, but it is also a wonderful way to address movement, body language and thinking skills. These can be used as a charades activity in which one child acts out what is on the card while others guess, or can be used more directly by having the kids simply act out what is on the card. 

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Beach Themed Activities for Preschool and Kindergarten

Act It Out

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Beach Themed Act It Out

by Kathy Babineau
Grades KG - 4

Beach Themed Act It Out

This kit contains 28 colorful Beach Themed “Act It Out” cards. Print them out, cut them apart and laminate them (optional). Use the cards with individual students, in small groups or in whole class lessons. Kids love to get silly with this activity, but it is also a wonderful way to address movement, body language and thinking skills. These can be used as a charades activity in which one child acts out what is on the card while others guess, or can be used more directly by having the kids simply act out what is on the card. 

If you like this, here is another larger set of Act It Out cards: 
Act It Out

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Did You Know That Writing New Year's Resolutions Are Ancient History?

By Deann Marin of Socrates Lantern

Did you know that writing New Year’s Resolutions dates back to around 4000 years ago?

At the beginning of the new year, the Babylonians made promises to their gods to return borrowed items and to pay off their debts.  Back then, the new year didn’t begin on

January first, it started in mid-March because that’s when spring begins and crops are planted.  It was important for them to keep their promises and please their gods so that the crops would grow and they would have a good harvest.  The Babylonians believed that an angry god would cause hardships and they didn’t want to take the chance so they made sure to keep their resolutions.

This practice was carried over to the Romans who offered resolutions of good behavior to their god Janus who represented “beginnings and endings. “ Janus looked back at the old year and forward to the new. 

During Medieval times, the knights started their year by taking the “peacock vow,” which

acknowledged their commitment to chivalry.  The Christians  understood the first day of the new year was to be spent pondering their past mistakes and vowing to improve during the next year. The majority spent the night praying and making these promises at their Watchnight Services.

There are other parallels found throughout the world. One example cais in the Jewish religion. During the Jewish New Year of Rosh Hashanah, and  Yom Kippur or Day of

Atonement, they are to think about their wrong doings and hope for forgiveness of these sins.

Now-a-days, we make promises to ourselves, rather than to the gods. Though many of us have the best intentions, we rarely are able to keep our resolutions. Perhaps because we know that the gods won’t punish us for our failure..

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With this in mind. I’ve created a  No Prep New Year’s Resolution Writing Activity for Middle School.  A great way to start to begin the first few days of the new year with yourstudents.   If they make resolutions that they know they can keep, they will feel as if they've accomplished something throughout the year.

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