Develop greater empathy and compassion and the ability to respond to challenging circumstances in a more considered, non-reactive way.

“52 Essential Social Situations expands on the emotional-intelligence-bolstering activities put forth in 52 Essential Social Skills, this time out geared towards children in grades 3 through 6!

Each of the 52 cards in the deck presents a different social situation of the sort kids commonly encounter amid their day-to-day school lives.

Contemplating and role playing these insight-building scenarios gives youngsters invaluable practice at understanding and modulating their responses to emotionally-fraught situations.

As a result, kids develop greater empathy and compassion for themselves and others as well as the ability to respond to challenging circumstances in a more considered, non-reactive way. The benefits are many, not the least of which is a happier, more confident and socially-adroit child!”

- Awarded by the Judges of Tillywig BRAIN CHILD Award in 2022

Boosts social and emotional skill to make up for the loss of social interactions during the pandemic.

"The pandemic in the past few years has created more isolation and less opportunity for our children and our teens to practice these essential social skills. So this gives families a way, a fun way to rehearse those social skills at home.

So it was awesome for our family to discuss it and it also set our social emotional agenda for this school year. We know what we can support and encourage in our family life with our son to build his confidence.

I will say for educators, if you use a morning meeting or an advisory, these are ideal closing circle. Any time you want to talk about relationships, it is so important as educators that we are creating a safe, caring classroom community and a safe, caring school environment."

- Jennifer M.

A pleasant surprise to get my boys talking about school. Insightful conversation starters with my kids’ friends when they come over.

“I am a mom of two boys, ages 9 and 11, in 4th and 6th grade. I will be honest, I went into it, not quite sure how my boys would take it talking about these types of things.

It was a very pleasant surprise to be able to have cards that were actual things that they are facing and that they could relate to. The boys were super engaged and they really enjoyed answering the questions.

I would also love to share these as gifts for teachers because I know it's something that could really, really help in class. I know these are conversations that I would even happily have with my children's friends when they're over."

- Autumn C.

Focuses on intrapersonal and interpersonal skills, and diversity and inclusion.

“I'm the mother of a 4th grader and a 1st grader. The first thing I noticed was it’s a great size tin, fits perfectly in my purse and it has very sturdy cards, nothing flimsy.

Content-wise, the thing that I enjoyed the most is that it focused both on intrapersonal and interpersonal skills. So really playing towards that notion of building empathy and relationship building, building confidence within children, as well as looking at it from diversity and inclusion, which is so essential in today's society.

It was nice for me to be able to see where exactly my kids need improvement or areas that I feel were strengths when it came to some of that relationship building or how to handle conflict or bullying, for example.

I would definitely recommend it and I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.”

- Sapna K.