BIA Clubhouse: Where Friendship Rules: Games Galore: Dancing with Scarves (The Explorers)

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.

Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Games Galore: Dancing with Scarves (The Explorers)

1. Warm-up game “Dancing with Scarves”: Today, we danced with scarves. We listened to classical music and experimented what different movements we could create with the scarves. We produced big and small waves, walked and ran with the scarves, threw the scarves in the air and tried to catch them.

2. Art Project “Water Color Painting”: Students painted small mat board squares with markers and then brushed water onto the paintings. We will turn the paintings into activities cards that will be used for a game later on.

3. We also practiced making a group decision. The students had a choice between playing "Zingo" and "Bowling." Most students favored the "Bowling Game," which we then played as a group. We worked on cheering for our friends and team spirit while bowling.

BIA Clubhouse: Where Friendship Rules