{"id":2506,"date":"2022-06-30T20:40:10","date_gmt":"2022-06-30T20:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rakovicspeechandlanguagechat.com\/?p=2506"},"modified":"2022-07-25T19:43:36","modified_gmt":"2022-07-25T19:43:36","slug":"3-ways-to-teach-greetings-and-names-a-beginning-social-skill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rakovicspeechandlanguagechat.com\/?p=2506","title":{"rendered":"3 Ways To Teach Greetings and Names a Beginning Social Skill"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A potential friend is only a ‘Hello’ away. Paul Liebau <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n

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One of the first social skills that I love to teach is greetings and student’s names. As a speech and language pathologist I know that although it might seem like a very simple skill when you break the skill down it is more complicated. The person needs to acknowledge that there is another person in their environment. They need to be able to have some level of joint attention. The student needs to be able to give some form of communication to acknowledge this person and to wait for a response back. These are my three favorite simple social skills activities to teach greetings and student’s names that net great results. social skills for kids is greetings and names<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first activity is that I always begin my group sessions with a simple greeting song. I have all the children sing as we say each child’s names. One of the things that parents say is that their child does not know any of the children’s names in their class and this assists with this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hello ( child’s name)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hello ( child’ name)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hello ( child’s name) I am glad you came to group today!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For some children I ask them to wave, or say hi, or use their communication device to make a greeting. This might start just with the child acknowledging me. As the child’s communication grows then I extend it to that they need to greet someone else in the group. Usually students will greet another adult in the group. After they have become comfortable with this I say that they need to say hello to a peer. This is a great beginning social skills for kids, learning greetings and names<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The second way that I like to teach greetings and students names is incorporating it into a song such as 5 Little Cupcakes in the Bakery Shop. This song has a child use a dollar to buy a cupcake. Each verse can have another child buy a cupcake. The song gives a function for knowing the other children in the class names. Some other songs that have this kind of activity are: <\/p>\n\n\n

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