Social Skills- Life Skills: Non-Verbal Communication and Reading Body Language
Did They Understand? Reading Body Language & Social Cues
Work on social skills and non-verbal communication by learning to read body language and facial expressions.
This deck includes 35 different images of people (plus a silly surprise!) displaying various expressions. With 70 slides total, students will look at the first card and decide:
Does it look like they understood what you said?
Respond by clicking thumbs up/down on BOOM™️, pointing, giving a thumbs up/down, using AAC, or verbally answering.
Flip to the next card for the answer and explanation.
Some answers may spark discussion—what do you think?
Use as PDFs or on the BOOM™️ platform.
Possible Goals to Target (with or without AAC):
Reading non-verbal body language
Describing body movements
Answering yes/no questions
Determining when a listener does not understand
Recognizing social cues
AAC vocabulary: mouth, eyes, hands, eyebrows, head, yes, no, repeat
A fun and engaging way to build awareness of social communication!
Did They Understand? Reading Body Language & Social Cues
Work on social skills and non-verbal communication by learning to read body language and facial expressions.
This deck includes 35 different images of people (plus a silly surprise!) displaying various expressions. With 70 slides total, students will look at the first card and decide:
Does it look like they understood what you said?
Respond by clicking thumbs up/down on BOOM™️, pointing, giving a thumbs up/down, using AAC, or verbally answering.
Flip to the next card for the answer and explanation.
Some answers may spark discussion—what do you think?
Use as PDFs or on the BOOM™️ platform.
Possible Goals to Target (with or without AAC):
Reading non-verbal body language
Describing body movements
Answering yes/no questions
Determining when a listener does not understand
Recognizing social cues
AAC vocabulary: mouth, eyes, hands, eyebrows, head, yes, no, repeat
A fun and engaging way to build awareness of social communication!
Did They Understand? Reading Body Language & Social Cues
Work on social skills and non-verbal communication by learning to read body language and facial expressions.
This deck includes 35 different images of people (plus a silly surprise!) displaying various expressions. With 70 slides total, students will look at the first card and decide:
Does it look like they understood what you said?
Respond by clicking thumbs up/down on BOOM™️, pointing, giving a thumbs up/down, using AAC, or verbally answering.
Flip to the next card for the answer and explanation.
Some answers may spark discussion—what do you think?
Use as PDFs or on the BOOM™️ platform.
Possible Goals to Target (with or without AAC):
Reading non-verbal body language
Describing body movements
Answering yes/no questions
Determining when a listener does not understand
Recognizing social cues
AAC vocabulary: mouth, eyes, hands, eyebrows, head, yes, no, repeat
A fun and engaging way to build awareness of social communication!