BIA Clubhouse: Where Friendship Rules: The Explorers: Playdoh Wheel Tracks (On the Go!)

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, April 25, 2012

The Explorers: Playdoh Wheel Tracks (On the Go!)

"Subway Musical Chairs”: We played this game from last week again and practiced not to bump into our friends while we were looking for a seat on the "subway." This game can be played in a non-competitive way (i.e., no chairs are removed with each stoppage of the music) or in the classic manner (i.e., removing chairs one-by-one with each stoppage of the music).

Sensory Project “Playdoh Wheel Tracks”: We made playdoh using very basic ingredients every one can find in a kitchen cabinet. Then, we used plastic vehicles and created tracks by rolling them. across the plahdoh and compared how different the tracks looked.

Salt Dough Recipe (by Mary Ann Kohl "Mudworks"):

1 1/2 cups flour

3/4 cup salt

4/4 cup water

Mix all ingredients in bowl and knead into soft dough.

BIA Clubhouse: Where Friendship Rules