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.
We were very excited today since we got to check out for the first time our new Clubhouse site at Beach Elementary School in Piedmont. The classroom we are allowed to use is really big and has lots of space for all kinds of activities such as dancing, movement games, art projects, etc. We also can use the outdoor areas. Thank you Beach School for providing us with a beautiful new Clubhouse home.
We were also very happy to see our Clubhouse friends. Since the new theme is music and movement, we warmed up by engaging in one of our favorite HIP HOP dance routines "Following Directions by Mark Pencil."
Then, we made new placemats for this Clubhouse session by using the familiar art technique "Drip and Fold." We worked with a partner and created a collage by putting blobs of paint with Q-tips on a piece of paper (i.e., pre-cut and
taped together musical instruments),folding it in half, rolling a
rolling pin over it and open it up again. Fun!
