BIA Clubhouse: Where Friendship Rules: A Rainbow of Colors: Rainbow Treasure Hunt (The Adventurers)

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.

Thursday, March 3, 2011

A Rainbow of Colors: Rainbow Treasure Hunt (The Adventurers)

Today was our last day of BIA's winter session and we had a little party.

Rainbow Treasure Hunt
Students had to complete a variety of tasks together in order to find a treasure:

Rainbow Bean Bag Toss: The students were divided into small groups. Students tossed bean bags onto a big poster board with different colored landing spots (rainbow colors). Each landing square had a question or statement written onto the square (e.g., “Tell your friends what you are really good at.” / “What games do you like to play?”) that the student had to answer or ask when the bean bag landed on the corresponding square.
Silent Cup Game: One student hid a treat under a cup (field of 3) and the other student guessed where the treat was hidden. Only non-verbal communication (e.g., pointing, shaking head) was allowed.
Students looked for hidden rainbows in the backyard.

Cupcakes

Party Time

BIA Clubhouse: Where Friendship Rules