Social Skills for Siblings: Asking to Play

Siblings have unique and complex relationships. We can help them navigate these relationships by teaching them helpful social skills. This “Asking to Play” story provides specific procedures and visual reminders for the processes of getting someone’s attention and asking to play together. It also provides positive choices for what to do when a sibling says, “No.”

The more children encounter helpful skills in a variety of different contexts, the more likely they are to adopt the desired skill. Better social skills equal fewer conflicts, greater cooperation and healthier sibling relationships.

Age

• 3 and up

Helps with

• Teaching siblings how to get one another’s attention and ask to play together
• Providing positive choices for responding when a sibling says “no”
• Increasing cooperation and reducing conflict
• Improving the health of sibling relationships

Use

• Helping families teach healthy social skills to siblings

Format

• 17-page printable story

Materials

• Printed “Asking to Play” Social Story
• Photos of your children (optional)

Related Resources

• Social Skills for Siblings: Asking for a Turn
• Stop and Go Door Signs for Siblings
• Shubert and Sophie Stay Home

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• Shubert Value Pack
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