BIA Clubhouse: Where Friendship Rules: May 2012

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, May 3, 2012

The Adventurers: Shoebox Race Car (On the Go!)

Art Project “Shoebox Race Car”: We were divided into small groups in order to start with our 2-week project. The objective was to build a race car using a shoebox. First, we decorated 4 discs (i.e., our wheels) with stickers and/or sharpies. Then, we painted a shoebox together and also attached tissue paper to the box. We came up with different race car team names: Angry Birds, Station Wagon, Purple Booster.

Some cooperative strategies/ideas:

Students discuss the design of their car.
Students brainstorm different team names and then take a vote to determine the race car team name.