This web page includes free sample lesson plans, school assembly program information, free life skills knowledge base, and complete life skills lesson collections (requires subscription fee). Links to related sites on helping children develop personal, social, cognitive, and life skills are also provided. For grades K-6.

Written by Jacquelyn Mize and Ellen Abell, this resource article for parents describes how children whose parents frequently play with them have more advanced social skills and get along better with peers. This article also offers many ideas for ways parents can foster the development of positive social skills in young children.

A link from the Learning Disabilities Online Web Site, this web page briefly discusses the under-developed social skills characteristic of students with learning disabilities. This page offers links to articles on a variety of social skill areas including friendship, bullying, teaching tolerance, behavior management, social competence, and the teacher’s role in developing social skills.

This resource article discusses the growth of technology and our children’s use of it. Special attention is paid to how “addiction” to the Internet might be negatively affecting the social skills of our children.

This Web Site discusses how poor social skills are one of the biggest factors contributing to academic failure. Steps to teaching social skills are listed, as well as a description of each step and examples of each step.

This site discusses the important role of childcare providers in raising socially competent children. It provides tips for parents and childcare providers on what to say to and do with children to influence the development of positive social skills.

This page discusses the stages children progress through in their social development. Recommendations are provided for both online and offline activities that parents can do with their children to help stimulate the development of social skills.