Time to Read: About 10 minutes TL;DR Emotion games help preschoolers build foundational social skills like communication, coping skills, friendship, and flexible thinking. Many autistic preschoolers benefit from visual, play-based emotion activities instead of only flashcards or worksheets. Pretend play, movement, music, sensory activities, and visual supports can make emotional learning more meaningful. The goal is not just memorizing emotion faces — it is helping children connect emotions...

Time to read: ~9 minutes Many autistic children want to be around other children. They may watch. Grab your free kindergarten readiness autism social skills checklist HERE They may stand nearby. They may follow what others are doing. But when it comes time to actually join in… that’s where things can feel hard. That can look like: wanting a toy but not knowing how to ask grabbing instead of requesting walking away instead of interacting getting upset during sharing or turn-taking playing...

Many autistic children experience distress with small changes—such as shifts in routines, transitions, or expectations; this need for sameness and difficulty with change is a core feature considered in autism diagnosis. Grab your FREE autism kindergarten social skills checklist That can look like getting upset over the wrong cup, a different route to school, a substitute teacher, the swings being taken, the milk being gone, or being told it is time to stop one activity and do another. From...