Games to Teach Social Emotional Skills

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“Feelings” Uno

Skill Taught: Emotions Description A variation of classic Uno where players must express an emotion when they play a special card.

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Candy Land

Skill Taught: Turn Taking Description A simple board game for young children that teaches rule-following and turn-sharing.

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Charades

Skill Taught: Social Cues Description A mime game where players guess the word or phrase someone is trying to represent without speaking.

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Chess

Skill Taught: Decision-Making Description A classic strategy game that encourages planning and decision-making.

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Dixit

Skill Taught: Imagination, Interpretation Description A card game where players use their imagination to match images with stories or concepts.

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Guess Who?

Skill Taught: Conversations Description A deduction game where players must guess the opponent's mystery character.

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Jenga

Skill Taught: Self-Control Description A skill game where players remove blocks from a tower without causing it to fall.

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Monopoly

Skill Taught: Financial Literacy, Patience Description A property trading game that teaches money management and negotiation.

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Pandemic

Skill Taught: Team Strategy, Problem-Solving Description A cooperative game where players work together to stop the spread of global diseases.

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Rachel Greenberg

Rachel Greenberg offers engaging virtual one-on-one social skills tutoring tailored for children, teens, and adults. Her sessions incorporate interactive instruction,...

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Scrabble

Skill Taught: Flexibility Description A crossword game where players create words on the game board to earn points.

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Team Pictionary

Skill Taught: Teamwork Description A drawing game where teams must guess what one of the members is attempting to illustrate.

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