Greetings and Goodbyes
Everyday greeting scripts for arrivals and departures.
Session summary (SOAP)
Stays on this screen. Nothing is saved or sent.
Mark a card Correct, Correct with cue or Incorrect and the summary writes itself here.
How to run it
Act them out rather than reciting them. Walk in the door and greet the child, and let them respond; a greeting produced to a card is a word, and a greeting produced to a person arriving is the skill. Practise the how are you and I'm fine pair as a unit, since a child who has only the greeting will freeze at the follow-up. Five minutes is a full pass for this age.
Cueing ladder
Start at the top. Add support one step at a time.
- IndependentSet up the situation and wait for the student to respond on their own.Log as correct
- Nonverbal cueUse a look, a gesture or a point to the visual cue card.Log as cued
- Indirect promptAsk 'What could you say now?' or 'How do you think they feel?'Log as cued
- ModelShow what to say or do, then run the moment again so the student can try it.Log as cued
Adjust it
Give a script or two choices of what to say, and practise with you before a peer.
Role-play with a new partner, or add a twist the student has not planned for.
Matching IEP goal
During structured play, Student will use the target social word or phrase at the right moment in 8 of 10 opportunities across 3 consecutive sessions, given no more than a nonverbal cue.
Send it home through the parent portal →About this activity
Ten greeting and farewell scripts: hi, hello, good morning, bye-bye, see you later, good night, nice to see you, welcome, how are you, I'm fine thanks. The last pair is the useful one — a greeting that gets a question back is where most young children stall, and having the answer ready is what keeps the exchange going.
What to listen for
Watch the timing rather than the accuracy. A greeting produced after a prompt is a prompted response; one produced as the person arrives is spontaneous, and the difference matters more than which word was used. Notice whether the child greets different people differently — good morning to a teacher and hi to a friend is register, and it arrives later than the words do.
Carrying it home
Pausing in the doorway for a couple of seconds gives a greeting room to happen. Families move fast and the moment passes before a young child can produce anything, which reads as a child who does not greet rather than one who was too slow.
What's in this activity
- Hi!
- Hello
- Good morning
- Bye-bye
- See you later
- Good night
- Nice to see you
- Welcome
- How are you?
- I'm fine, thanks
Questions
- What ages is this for?
- Preschool through first grade, where greeting routines are being established.
- Is it free?
- Yes, all ten cards play with no account.
- My child greets everyone repeatedly. What should I do?
- Work on the closing phrases — see you later, good night — which give the exchange somewhere to end. Repeated greeting is usually a well-reinforced skill without a stopping point.
Use this board with your caseload
With a free account, every correct, cued and incorrect mark is saved to the student and scored against their IEP goal, with the data written up for you. Assign it as home practice through the parent portal.
Track progress freeFree for SLPs. No card, no trial clock.