Escape Room for Social Skills Bundle

This bundle includes 7 escape room activities with interactive challenges focused on social skills, perspective-taking, conversation skills, social cues, manners, and expected behaviors. Students work together in small groups to solve a variety of puzzles and challenges in order to discover the secret phrase to unlock the door and win the challenge in a specified amount of time. The first version is for small group scavenger hunts around the room while the second version allows you to have students work entirely at their desks in teams!

What is an Escape Room?

An escape room activity is a challenge that allows kids to work together solving a variety of puzzles in order to "break out" of a room. After each puzzle is solved, they will get a keyword to win or "escape" the room and a new puzzle. Escape rooms are great to have kids and young adults working collaboratively using their critical thinking skills. Keep reading for directions on three ways to use!

Three Ways to Use!

All escape rooms start out with a major challenge or problem (such as aliens taking over!) Students are instructed that they only way they can get out is to follow a series of challenges to uncover a special phrase to unlock and open the door.

Option #1: Small Group Scavenger Hunt

Use the small group version to set up your classroom or work area as a scavenger hunt. Students will work together in a small group to answer challenges and find the clues located around the room.

Your Prep:

• Print the challenges/puzzles.

• Use the visual guide to cut out puzzles and place in envelopes.

• Keep the introduction and student worksheet to give out to students right away.

• Hide all other envelopes in designated area around the room (some locations include under a chair or by the door). If you do not have access to a certain object (such as a window), you can use a printed image of that object and hide the envelope there.

Option #2: Groups at Seats

Use the whole class version to have students work at their desks/seats. Students will work in teams to answer challenges. When a group completes a challenge, they will raise their hands to show you the “answer” in order to get the next challenge and keyword. When all challenges are complete, you will give a group the final special code.

Your Prep:

• Print the challenges/puzzles.

• Arrange/choose your groups of students.

• Copy enough challenges/puzzles for every group. For example, if you have three groups, you will need three separate copies of each challenge and puzzle.

• Use the visual guide to cut out puzzles and place in envelopes. You can label the envelopes by challenge number.

• Keep the introduction and student worksheet to give out to all groups right away.

• Print the student checklist with answers for yourself. You will use this to monitor student answers and hand out challenges as students complete them.

Option #3: Groups at Centers

Use the whole class version to have students work at centers set up around the room with challenges. You will need to give students 5-10 minutes for each challenge and have students move to the next center when time is up. When students complete a challenge at a center, they should raise their hand to show you the answer and you will give them the special code. When all challenges are complete, you will give a group the final special code.

Your Prep:

• Print the challenges/puzzles.

• Arrange/choose your groups of students.

• Arrange each challenge at a different station around the room. It is important to remove the half-sheets that give the answers! These will be given to a group only when they show you they have solved a puzzle.

• Keep the introduction and student worksheet to give out to students right away.

• Choose how much time you will give each at each center. This might depend on your class or session time.

• Be prepared to disassemble puzzles before moving on to the next center.

In this bundle, you will get:

{ Social Skills Escape Room #1 }

Students will discuss and learn about personal space, following directions, greetings, having a positive attitude, sharing, and listening.

{ Social Skills Escape Room #2 }

Students will discuss and learn about asking for help, helping others, minding your own business, thinking before you speak, working well with others, and being a good sport.

{ Manners Escape Room }

Students will discuss and learn manner words (like please and thank you), ask permission before doing something, wait their turn, say kind words, and use greetings.

{ Perspective Taking Escape Room }

Students will discuss and learn about understanding perspective-taking, how to see different perspectives, being able to change your own perspective, respect the opinion of others, develop empathy, and use perspective-taking skills to solve conflicts.

{ Social Cues Escape Room }

Students will discuss and learn to understand social cues, read facial expressions, body language, tone of voice, and read social cues in social situations.

{ Conversation Skills Escape Room }

Students will discuss and learn active listening, appropriate conversation topics, starting a conversation, showing interest, staying on topic, and ending a conversation.

{ Expected Behaviors Escape Room }

Students will discuss and learn about the benefits of expected behaviors, group work behaviors, hallway behaviors, independent work behaviors, classroom behaviors, and behaviors with friends.

Note: A separate version is included for you to write in your own key phrase. This is important if you are running multiple groups throughout the day and don't want any students to "spoil" the keyword for the challenge.

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Disclaimer: These resources and materials are for supplementary support/education purposes and not intended as a replacement for counseling, education, or other necessary supports. Educators, parents, counselors, and others who utilize these materials are encouraged to seek out additional support, as needed.

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