The Wanna Play Program

Where play is fun and friendships grow!
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  • Guidelines for Curriculum Success
  • How to Use this Book
  • Social Interactive Checklist
  1. Discovering Friendship
    1. What is a Friend?
    2. Making New Friends
    3. Building Friendships
    4. Relationships with Different Types of Friends
  2. Making Eye Contact for Interaction
    1. What is Eye Contact?
    2. Looking to Talk
    3. Look to Listen
    4. Look to Learn
    5. Interest in Others
  3. Being a Friend
    1. Fun with Friends
    2. Sweet Words / Kind words
    3. Safe Body / Body Safety
    4. Playing Together
  4. Appropriate Body Behavior
    1. Introduction to Appropriate Body Behavior
    2. Body Needs – Strengths and Weaknesses
    3. Personal Play Space
    4. Body Privacy
    5. Appropriate Bodies in Different Environments
  5. Interacting in a Group
    1. Listening in a group
    2. Socializing in a Group
    3. Learning in a Group
    4. Adult Lead Groups
  6. Playing Games
    1. Sportsmanship / Cheering and Encouragement
    2. Going First
    3. Happy Endings
    4. Playing Friends Games
    5. Outside Games
    6. Indoor Games
  • Appendix A—Friendship Cards
  • Appendix B—Worksheets

Prepararotry Information provided with each Lesson.



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    The Book

    Wanna Play: Friendship Skills for Preschool and Elementary Grades

    The Wanna Play Program™ is a social skills curriculum designed to help young children develop the basic skills involved in making friends and interacting appropriately with individuals and groups. The curriculum is focused on young children with deficits and delays or disabilities—though the material is used with children of all ability levels and from varied cultural and ethnic groups.

    This book has over 60 lesson plans involving over 300 games and activities, with an abundance of teacher reproducibles. Lesson plans specify teaching concepts, lesson objectives, attitudinal approaches, lesson introductions, materials, preparation, procedures, and links to IEP goals, as well as tips for generalization and consistency. Each chapter presents one unit with multiple lesson plans.

    This program is based on our experience working with children on their social development. We have developed and applied this curriculum over a number of years and observed its success.

    Who is the intended audience?

    • Educators
    • Therapists
    • Mental Help Professionals
    • Care-givers

    This curriculum can be used by anyone who is helping children develop their friendship skills, and is easily adapted to any situation.

    Curriculum Details

    The curriculum is designed to be completed in sequential order. The beginning chapters introduce some of the Wanna Play Terms used throughout the program. Therefore, it is recommended that children who have already acquired the skills of a given unit do an abbreviated version of the unit.

     
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