Friends at Spark: Early Social Skills & Inclusive Friendship Activity Book | EPNL Spark Curriculum Collection

Core Skills: Respectful Greetings, Turn-Taking, Supported Waiting, Expressing Boundaries ("Stop" / "Space Please"), Cooperative Play, & Kind Actions

Help every child build meaningful social connections at their own pace with Friends at Spark by Everyday Play N Learn! Part of the EPNL Spark Curriculum Collection, this inclusive workbook is designed to nurture authentic friendship, empathy, and social confidence while honoring individual sensory needs, communication styles, and personal readiness.

Created with neurodiversity-affirming practices in mind—especially for children with autism and developmental differences—this workbook focuses on gentle, low-pressure interaction rather than forced eye contact or compulsory physical touch.

What's Inside:

• Low-Pressure & Non-Verbal Greetings: Practice a wide range of welcoming choices—from waves, fist bumps, and high-fives to "Heart Hands," pinky shakes, and visual choice boards.

• Turn-Taking & "My Turn / Your Turn" Practice: Master predictable sharing with visual sequence cards, block tower builds, and "Friendship Circle" ball-rolling games with differentiated learning tiers.

• Patient & Supported Waiting Strategies: Learn what waiting looks like through First-Then boards, visual timers, canteen/bus transition paths, and calm waiting activities like drawing or reading.

• Kindness & Helping Missions: Complete interactive scenarios on sharing umbrellas, assisting peers, using polite phrase cards ("Please," "Thank You," "Help, Please"), and delivering compliments.

• Personal Boundaries & Safe Spaces: Explore "Personal Bubble" coloring activities and learn to clearly express and respect boundaries using "Stop," "Space Please," and "Not Now" communication cues.

• Cooperative Teamwork & Clean-Up Buddies: Strengthen peer cooperation through shared two-handled basket cleanups, collaborative classroom building challenges, and mutual interest discovery.

Product Details:

• Format: Digital Download (Printable PDF)

• Tools Included: Cut-Out Morning Greeting Cards, "My Turn / Your Turn" Prompts, Polite Word Visual Strips, First-Then Waiting Boards, & Official Friends Certificate of Completion

• Instructional Framework: Features multi-tiered differentiation paths (Spark Starter, Spark Explorer, Spark Independent) tailored for inclusive classrooms and therapy settings.

• Publisher: Everyday Play N Learn CDC Inc.