Taking deep breaths Eye contact Staying calm Taking turns talking How are you? Using a friendly tone Admitting a mistake Showing interest Ending a conversation Giving a compliment Staying on topic Using positive self-talk Listening carefully What are your hobbies? Asking for help Nodding Reading body language Recognizing emotions Nice to meet you Finding something in common Expressing feelings My name is… Saying “uh-huh” or “cool” Finding a solution together Taking deep breaths Eye contact Staying calm Taking turns talking How are you? Using a friendly tone Admitting a mistake Showing interest Ending a conversation Giving a compliment Staying on topic Using positive self-talk Listening carefully What are your hobbies? Asking for help Nodding Reading body language Recognizing emotions Nice to meet you Finding something in common Expressing feelings My name is… Saying “uh-huh” or “cool” Finding a solution together
(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.
N-Taking deep breaths
B-Eye contact
O-Staying calm
I-Taking turns talking
O-How are you?
G-Using a friendly tone
I-Admitting a mistake
I-Showing interest
G-Ending a conversation
G-Giving a compliment
I-Staying on topic
G-Using positive self-talk
O-Listening carefully
B-What are your hobbies?
O-Asking for help
G-Nodding
N-Reading body language
N-Recognizing emotions
B-Nice to meet you
N-Finding something in common
O-Expressing feelings
B-My name is…
B-Saying “uh-huh” or “cool”
I-Finding a solution together