The Clubhouse is the Behavioral Intervention Association's (http://www.bia4autism.org) after-school program. Once a week, children between the ages of 5 and 12, who have communication and social challenges, meet and engage in fun activities to practice different social skills. The Explorers focus on skills such as staying with the group, greetings, turn taking, participating independently in activities, and brief exchanges with peers. The Adventurers focus on skills such as initiating and maintaining conversations, perspective taking, and negotiating with peers.

BIA Clubhouse: Where Friendship Rules

Thursday, January 20, 2011

A Rainbow of Colors: Rainbow Sparkle Bottle (The Adventurers)

Today, it was all about teamwork and cooperation. 

·        “Parachute Play”: We played with the parachute and focused on learning our friends’ names, e.g., trading places with a friend, trying to roll a beach ball to a specific friend.
·        Small Group Art Project “Rainbow Sparkle Bottle”: Students created a rainbow of swirling colors by filling small plastic bottles with light corn syrup, water and glitter. Students were encouraged to help each other to complete this project.

How to create a Magic Sparkle Bottle:
Fill bottle about 3/4 (or less) full with corn syrup (light corn syrup works best).
Add glitter.
Fill the rest of the bottle with cold water.
Tape the bottle cap.
Nicco with his glitter bottle.
·         “Fly to the Rainbow”: Students partnered up and completed an obstacle course together. Cooperation was required (e.g., carrying a beach ball together). At the end of the course, they activated stomp rockets and pretended that the rockets would reach a rainbow.


Working Together

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