Social Skills Worksheets for Kids with Friendship Role-Play Cards

These social skills worksheets for kids give children aged 5 to 11 a soft, step by step way to make friends, chat, listen, share and work out problems with kindness. Over 30 friendly, undated pages they practice reading faces, respecting personal space, listening well, starting conversations and joining games, plus sharing, waiting and handling teasing. A deck of 24 role-play cards and a weekly goal tracker round it off. Download the PDF in US Letter and A4 straight away. Nothing is shipped.

How these social skills worksheets for kids build friendship skills

Your child gets to know Pip, a cheerful little bird who is still figuring out friendship too. Together they practice one small skill at a time: the five steps to a new friend, conversation ping-pong, a listening body, keeping an arm's length of personal space and reading eight feeling faces.

Pages on sharing, waiting, joining in, winning and losing, saying a real sorry and coping with teasing hand kids clear words for tricky moments. The friendship problem solver breaks a fair solution into simple steps. Act out the 24 role-play cards for quick, playful practice at home, then use the check-in and weekly goal tracker to see how far your child has come.

Who this friendship skills set is for

• Kids around 5 to 11 who are shy, struggle to join in, or are still learning to share, take turns and keep friendships going
• Parents and caregivers wanting simple phrases and playful practice before playdates, parties or a first day at a new school
• Families who homeschool and want a gentle unit on getting along with others for their own kids
• Siblings who squabble over turns, toys and games and need fair ways to settle things
• Children who learn best by acting out scenes, drawing and ticking boxes instead of long talks

Design and printing

• Elegant, minimal white pages with soft blush pink details that use little ink
• Generous margins on each page, so nothing is cut off at home
• Portrait pages sized for US Letter (8.5 x 11 in) or A4 (210 x 297 mm)
• Undated, so start any time and print pages again as often as you like
• Pip, an original friendly bird character, appears on several pages
• Use in a binder or on a clipboard, or have it spiral bound at a print shop

Inside the social skills worksheets for kids: 30 pages

1. 1Cover with an index of pages and lines for your child's name and age
2. 2Hello, grown-ups: four tips for practicing as a team, how the set is arranged and room for family goals and practice times
3. 3Meet Pip, the friendly bird, with four facts, an all about me section, how time with other kids feels and a box to draw me and a friend
4. 4What makes a good friend? A checklist of 15 qualities, a recipe for a friend, my three favorite qualities and what to do when friends are unkind
5. 5Five steps to making friends, which are look, smile and say hi, ask something, find what you share and invite them to play, along with places where friends can be found
6. 6Starting a conversation: four steps, six openers to try, question words, starters of my own and a plan for the chat
7. 7Conversation ping-pong: ask, answer and add, an example chat, what keeps the ball moving and what drops it, and a practice round
8. 8My listening body, eight parts from the eyes down to the heart, a self check list, ways to show I listened and what helps me focus
9. 9Taking turns: nine places where we take turns, words for turn-taking, things to do while waiting and a practice table for five days
10. 10My personal space bubble, three zones, signs that someone wants more room, six situations to sort as okay or not okay and words I can use
11. 11Reading faces: eight expressions to study, from happy, sad and angry to scared, surprised, worried, bored and confused, each with clues, a line to finish about when I feel it and a game to play in the mirror
12. 12Feelings detective: clues to watch for and six mini cases, each asking what the person might feel and what I could do
13. 13In their shoes: four empathy stories, what each person might feel and think, a kind action I could take and kind phrases to say
14. 14Sharing: five ways to share, sharing words, things that are easy or hard to share, special items to tuck away before a friend visits and a sharing tracker
15. 15Waiting patiently: nine tools for waiting, six moments when I have to wait, my waiting plan, polite ways to ask and a tracker
16. 16Joining a game, broken into five steps, a plan for either answer, the words I will use and a rating of how brave I was
17. 17Winning and losing well: what to do after a win or a loss, good sport phrases and a seven row game log
18. 18Solving problems with friends: eight fair options such as taking turns, trading or setting a timer, a sample I statement and one of my own
19. 19Friendship problem solver in nine steps, starting with stop and calm down and moving through our ideas, fair to both and next time I could
20. 20Saying sorry: what goes into a proper apology (four parts), six ways to repair things, how to reply when I receive an apology and a note for the adults
21. 21Handling teasing: a toolbox of six strategies, telling teasing from bullying, the tools I will use and trusted grown-ups to tell
22. 22Kind words and compliments: eight compliments to try out, 12 kind acts to tick and a kindness log for one week
23. 23Role-play cards 1 to 8 for cutting out, with scenes like joining a tag game or sitting beside a new kid at lunch
24. 24Role-play cards 9 to 16, with scenes like wanting a go on the swing or noticing a child alone at recess
25. 25Role-play cards 17 to 24, with scenes like winning a race, saying no to something not okay or wrapping up a chat
26. 26Role-play practice log with five steps for acting it out, one practice rule and nine rows to fill with stars
27. 27My social skills check-in, 15 I can statements rated not yet, sometimes or yes, plus skills I am proud of and ones to keep practicing
28. 28Weekly social goal tracker with goal ideas, a practice plan, a seven day star chart, rewards and what went well
29. 29Friendship star certificate, ready to sign and date
30. 30Parent guide covering what helps, what to avoid, encouraging phrases, notes on your child and signs it is time for extra support

Files in your download

• Social Skills Worksheets for Kids, US Letter PDF (30 pages)
• Social Skills Worksheets for Kids, A4 PDF (30 pages)
• Read Me First, a quick printing guide (PDF)

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• These pages support learning at home. They are not therapy or medical advice, they cannot diagnose or treat anything, and they never take the place of a qualified professional. If you have concerns about how your child communicates, makes friends or is developing, please reach out to your pediatrician, a school counselor or a children's mental health professional.

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