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9 June 2026

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This constructive social story is designed to help children navigate the complex emotions associated with competitive play and sportsmanship, making it ideal for students with autism, ADHD, or emotional regulation difficulties.

Using clear, encouraging language and visual communication symbols, the story reframes what it means to lose a game. It validates that feeling sad, disappointed, or angry after losing is completely natural, while offering positive coping strategies to handle those feelings. The text guides students toward appropriate behaviors, such as staying calm, congratulating the winner, and remembering that games are meant to be fun and can be played again.

A vital resource for early years, primary classrooms, and special education settings to help reduce lunchtime friction, build emotional resilience, and teach essential social skills for teamwork.

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Social Skills and Playtime Social Story Bundle

This targeted bundle features four expert-designed social stories focused on navigating unstructured playtimes, a frequent source of social friction and anxiety for primary school children. Unstructured breaks can be overwhelming, particularly for autistic students or individuals with ADHD, SEND, and social-communication difficulties. Using clear, step-by-step language and visual communication symbols, each story explicitly models positive peer interactions. By providing concrete social scripts and coping strategies, this bundle helps students build emotional resilience, practice good sportsmanship, and develop essential playground friendship skills. **What is included in this bundle:** * **Joining In a Game:** Teaches students how to approach peers politely, ask to join in, and manage the outcome calmly if the answer is "yes" or "not right now." * **Losing a Game:** Validates the disappointing feelings of losing while promoting healthy sportsmanship, staying calm, and using encouraging words like "well done." * **Personal Space:** Explains the concept of an invisible "body bubble," teaching children to respect others' boundaries and express their own need for space. * **Sharing and Taking Turns:** Guides children through the process of waiting patiently for popular items like toys or iPads, offering strategies to manage waiting anxiety. A high-impact, time-saving toolkit for early years educators, primary teachers, and SEND practitioners looking to reduce lunchtime conflicts and foster an inclusive, cooperative playground culture.

£2.00

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