Asking a Friend to Play with Me Social Story Kit

Help your child learn how to approach a friend and ask them to play! This Asking a Friend to Play Social Story Kit teaches children with autism and other special needs important social communication skills for initiating play and and interacting with peers. Through a simple, child-friendly story and engaging visual supports, children learn how to ask a friend to play, respond to a friend’s answer, and understand that sometimes a friend may be busy or want to play something different. This kit provides practical tools to help children build confidence, develop social skills, and enjoy positive interactions with friends at school, home, and in the community.

Your Purchase Includes:

• Social Story: Asking a Friend to Play – A child-friendly story that teaches how to ask a friend to play and respond appropriately.
• Celebratory Story: I Asked a Friend to Play – A positive reinforcement story that celebrates trying a new social skill and encourages continued attempts to interact with friends.
• Printable Visuals – Helpful visual supports that reinforce the steps for asking a friend to play when they say “yes” and when they say “no”
• Sticker Chart – An engaging way to recognize and celebrate attempts to initiate play and interact with peers.
• Printable Sticker – Fun reinforcement stickers to reward participation and celebrate progress.
• First/Then Board – A visual tool to help reinforce practicing social communication skills.
• Incentive Pictures – Printable pictures to use as motivating rewards for practicing new skills.
• Tips – Practical suggestions for teaching and practicing how to approach friends and initiate play.
• Implementation Guide – Step-by-step guidance for introducing the story and using the included materials to support learning.
• Assembly and Storage Directions – Easy instructions for preparing, organizing, and storing your kit materials.

Great For:

• Children with autism and other special needs
• Teaching children how to initiate play with peers
• Developing social communication and friendship skills
• Building confidence in social situations
• Encouraging positive peer interactions at school and home

All Positively Prepared stories are written using positive language and simple illustrations/words to reduce visual clutter and increase understanding.