Social Skills Story: More Than One Friend (I'll be okay!)

Young elementary students and students with autism sometimes struggle when their favorite friend wants to play with other people. Kindergarteners, for example, often proclaim another child to be their “best friend” and might not understand that people can be still be friends even if they don’t always play together. This misperception can lead to many hurt feelings and tears! Using a social skills story can help explain that people can have more than one friend and that’s okay. The story talks about being a good friend, handling having a friend who wants to play with someone different and the benefits of having more than one friend themselves. Reading the story with your class when learning about friendship can help prevent problems and misunderstandings between students. The story can also be reread individually anytime a child struggles with big emotions after their friend chooses to play with someone else.

Product includes 3 versions of the 17 page social story “More Than One Friend”:

• Full-page color version with large visuals and text enhanced with key word pictures.
• Simplified full-page color version with large visuals and text enhanced with key word pictures but less background graphics.
• Half-page color version with visuals but no key-word pictures in the text.

You can also support students with the quick and easy visuals in Play Skills: Simple Guides for Playing Fair, Going First and Being a Good Sport.

This story is also included in a BUNDLE with the story Play Plans Change!

If you find this social story helpful, check out these social narratives available in my Autterpaw Press store:

Sometimes People Don’t Follow the Rules

I Raised My Hand But I Didn’t Get Called On

Friendly Words and Voice (Plus a visual cue card!)