Comprehensive Social-Emotional Learning Resources
Perspective Taking Activities (Sets 1-3) | Social Skills Treasury
Help students understand different perspectives, recognize nonverbal communication, and develop empathy with this comprehensive perspective-taking social skills bundle!
The Social Skill Perspective Taking Bundle combines three complete activity sets with interactive games, social stories, scenario cards, worksheets, and reading and writing activities. Students explore how people can think, feel, and interpret the same situation differently while practicing perspective-taking and theory of mind skills.
With digital and printable options, this collection makes it easier to teach perspective-taking through multiple formats. Use the games and discussion cards for hands-on practice, the social story for direct instruction, and the reading and writing activities for deeper reflection.
📦 What's Included:
🎲 Set 1: Perspective-Taking Games & Scenario Cards
- Board game with spinner, pawns, and dice
- 36 situation cards in digital and printable formats
- 36 situation example cards in digital and printable formats
- 28 nonverbal communication cards for discussing body language and social cues, in digital and printable formats
- Feelings poster
- Dice with reflection questions
📖 Set 2: Social Story, Board Game & Worksheets
- 8-page perspective-taking social story booklet in digital and printable formats
- 24 game cards for discussion and reflection
- Board game with spinners, pawns, and dice in digital and printable formats
- 54 coloring pages and worksheets for reinforcing perspective-taking skills
📚 Set 3: Upper Elementary Reading, Writing & Reflection
- Perspective-taking story with reflection questions
- Writing response activity
- Graphic organizers
- Cut-and-paste worksheet
- Quotes for discussion prompts
- 6-page perspective-taking skills flipbook
- "Was I Showing Perspective Taking Today?" self-reflection worksheet
🧰 Bonus Teaching, Planning & Family Resources Included in All 3 Sets
- S.M.A.R.T. IEP and treatment plan objectives for easier goal writing
- Editable letter to families about perspective-taking skills
- Data collection sheet for monitoring progress
- Suggested companion resources
- Ideas to extend and practice the concepts
- Digital and printable resources with color and black-and-white options
- "I Can" learning statements poster
- Playing a Game visual poster
- Positive notes home
🎒 Quick Details: Grades 1–5 | 📚 3 complete activity sets | 🃏 72 situation cards + 28 nonverbal communication cards + 24 discussion cards | 🎲 2 board games | 📖 8-page social story | 🖍️ 54 worksheets + coloring pages | 📘 6-page flipbook | 📝 IEP goals + data sheets | 💻 Digital + print
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🧠 Perspective Taking Growing Bundle
- Explore additional digital and printable activities focused on perspective-taking and theory of mind, including games, quizzes, puzzles, and social scenarios
🧠 Social Skills Treasury Growing Bundle
- Social Skills Treasury is a comprehensive collection of social skills activities including social stories, games, and more covering flexible thinking, self-control, justice sensitivity, perspective taking, grit, growth mindset, kindness, and more
🎯 Skills Addressed:
✔️ Perspective-taking and considering different viewpoints
✔️ Empathy and understanding others' feelings
✔️ Recognizing body language and nonverbal communication
✔️ Social awareness and interpreting social situations
✔️ Understanding that people may have different thoughts and experiences
✔️ Communication and relationship skills
✔️ Self-reflection and social problem-solving
💡 Ways to Use It:
- Use the 36 situation cards and 36 situation example cards to explore different perspectives during individual counseling sessions
- Play the digital or printable board games in social skills groups or Lunch Bunch sessions
- Use the 28 nonverbal communication cards to discuss facial expressions, body language, and social cues
- Read the 8-page social story to introduce perspective-taking before practicing with games and worksheets
- Incorporate the 54 worksheets and coloring pages into classroom SEL lessons or small-group counseling
- Use the upper elementary story, writing response, and flipbook for deeper reflection
- Use the included IEP objectives, data collection sheets, and family letters to support consistent instruction and progress monitoring
👩🏫 Who It's For:
Perfect for school counselors, school social workers, school psychologists, child therapists, speech-language pathologists, occupational therapists, special education teachers, classroom teachers, and homeschool educators working with students in grades 1–5.
This resource is especially useful for professionals supporting students with perspective-taking, theory of mind, empathy, social awareness, and understanding nonverbal communication.
🖨️ Format & Download:
✔️ Digital Google Slides activities
✔️ Printable PDF activities
✔️ PowerPoint files
✔️ Color and black-and-white options
✔️ Board games, scenario cards, stories, worksheets, graphic organizers, and planning resources
This is a digital download provided as a ZIP file containing PDF, Google Slides, and PowerPoint resources. You will need compatible software to open the included files. No physical materials will be shipped.
📌 Important Notes:
- Perspective-taking is about recognizing that people can have different thoughts, feelings, needs, and experiences. These activities can be used to encourage curiosity about others' perspectives without expecting students to guess what someone is thinking or to interpret every social cue in the same way
- This is a digital download. No physical product will be shipped. Due to the digital nature of this resource, all sales are final and refunds are not available
