Top Special Needs – Emotions/Social Skills

Many children, and especially those with special needs, have trouble with social skills. Sometimes it's due to the lack of thinking creatively or abstractly, other times it might be due to how others treat a child with a disability. In any case, learning social skills and how to read and portray emotions is critical in society. By practicing making and drawing faces, you can help kids learn to understand the different emotions such as anger, happiness and sadness. Social skills, such as turn taking and completing a task, are also important. The following toys will help with these areas.

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1. Kimochis

   from Plushy Feely Corp. for ages 3 and up

   What it is: Kimochis are toys with feelings inside. In Japanese, "kimochi" means "feeling." Feelings can be messy, but that's where Kimochis come…

   

   

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2. The Pigeon Has Feelings Too, a book by Mo Willems

   from Hyperion Books for Children for ages 1 and up

   What it is: This hilarious book will have your child learning about emotions and how to express them. Matching facial expressions with large clear…

   

   

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