February 19, 2015. Conversation Starter Stones and Free Printable + Cut File. Join me on Facebook, Pinterest, and Instagram to keep up with my most recent projects, or shop my favorite finds! Also, this post may contain affiliate links for your convenience. My worksheets mainly focus on speaking activities because I think conversation is the most important skill for communication. You won't find endless grammar or reading comprehension worksheets in my uploads as I think many students around the world are already getting an overload of those. A collection of ESL, EFL downloadable, printable worksheets, practice exercises and activities to teach about conversations.

• Adult Esl Conversation Activities
• Free Printable Conversation Hearts Worksheets

Here are dozens of free autism social skills teaching resources, most with free pdf downloads. The resources vary in difficulty and can be used for children between ~ age 6 and ~ age 18. The resources are organized by color-coded categories below:

1. Communication/Relationships

2. Emotions

3. Communication/Relationships/Emotions

***DO POBRANIA ZA DARMO PO POLSKU, KLIKNIJ TUTAJ (Polish language resources)

* = Printable downloads included (worksheets, hand-held visuals, activity cards, wall displays)

+ = Information, instruction, discussion (no downloads)

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1. Category: Communication/Relationships. CLICK ON THE RESOURCE NAME.

*Eye, Face, Ruler picture prompts

*Listening Prompt Worksheet and Display Panels

*Self Control Meters for distance, volume, formality

*Pie charts for proportional group conversation

*Gráfico para la toma de turnos y conversaciones proporcionales en grupos

+Using a toy balance to teaching reciprocity in relationships and conversation

*Turn-taking visual strategies: summary

*All About Me Signs

*Páginas Todo sobre mí/ Todo sobre tí

*Talk to Family Picture Sheets

+Using Photo Albums to promote learning about others in conversation

*Chain Game: Hands-on activity for keeping conversation “connected”

*Architect Game: Hands-on activity for “building” conversations

*The Green Zone: Simple, Venn diagram-based system for conversation starters and common ground

*The Green Zone Picture Matching Activity – Hands-on game to teach conversation common ground

The Green Zone Mat – DIY Activity to use with other Green Zone conversation activities

*The Conversation Box: Simple card-based activity for promoting valid forms of conversation

*La caja de diálogos: Un método para ayudar a los niños con autismo a conversar

*Validating Word Prompts: Making them and using them

*Compliment Picture Displays

+Compliment Tag, how to play it

*Words Hurt / Words Help worksheets: How words affect others

*Silly to Serious : Teaching levels of formality – Cards, picture panels, meter

*Using a rope as a visual to demonstrate social “connectedness”

*Dealing with Losing & Disappointment Picture Panels

+Visual methods for teaching cause and effect in relationships

*14 visual conversation kits, indexed by picture of the resource

+Eye contact: When and when NOT to encourage it with children on the spectrum

*Groupworld Activity – Structured group storytelling for collaboration and compromise

*The How Interesting Is It? kit – Show how to score “likes” with peers by picking interesting topics

The Conversation Picture Practice Game (PowerPoint, PDF Printables, based on 100 nice photos)

Using a Video Camera in Social Skills Work: Practical Guide and Free Prop Downloads

Puzzle Piece Drawing Worksheets – Show kids how they “fit together” as a group or class

Head Outline PowerPoint Picture Activity to Learn about Peer Interests

Buffering Metaphor – Free Animated PowerPoint to help teach about Interrupting

Using Google Street View to help children to learn about one another

Self-Control Channel Changers – Fun visual prompts for aspects of social communication

Annoy-o-meters and Nice-o-meters – Print & cut activities to raise awareness of prosocial behaviors

2. Category: Emotions. CLICK ON THE RESOURCE NAME.

+Eight Simple CBT Videos for Kids, by Joel Shaul

*Summary of all emotion / CBT resources on this website

*Very simple CBT worksheets (age 7 to 18)

*Simple, Picture-based CBT tutorial

*Poison and Antidote CBT Thought Bubbles

*Mint New Thoughts activity

*Help The Upset Person picture activity

*Filter the Anger hands-on activity

*Worry Cards, game / activity for anxiety

*Emotion Cards game /activity to teach emotional awareness

*Jeu de Cartes à Emotions

+Using face pictures in emotional skills teaching activities

*More Paper Fortune Tellers, for Anxiety, Social Anxiety and other problems

Emotion Word Printables to promote emotional learning

Anime Emotion Picture Cards

Anime Emotion Picture Coloring Worksheets

3. Category: Communication/Relationships/Emotion. CLICK ON THE RESOURCE NAME.

*Tattling / Correcting Cards and Panels

*Teasing / Bullying Self–Help Kit (Panels, cards)

*Dealing with Isolation Worksheets

*Dealing with Isolation card game activity

*Relating to Girls card game /activity

+Using imagination in social skills teaching with children on the autism spectrum

*Draw / Describe your “Light Force” and “Dark Force” – a problem self-awareness activity

Adult Esl Conversation Activities

*Flexibility Cards, game / activity / wall display

Free Printable Conversation Hearts Worksheets

*Empathy / Showing Concern Picture Panels

*Empathy / Showing Concern “How to” Display

*The Missing Objects Game (teaches sportsmanship, supporting others in game situations)

*11 Social skills wall displays with simple pictures

+YouTube videos by people with autism: Links and how to use them, how to download them

*Using SCREENS of all kinds in social skills teaching - Links to free PowerPoints

+Game-like methods and tokens in social skills teaching

+Talk less and show more in autism social skills teaching

*Autism Teaching Strategies resources IN SPANISH

*Paper fortune tellers for asking questions, giving compliments, exploring emotions

*Fix The Problem Game: Picture cards and scenarios on diverse problems

Self-Control “TV Remote” Printables – prompts for self-regulation

What-I-Should-Have-Done Worksheet

Play Money Tokens that look like real money

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