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.

BIA Clubhouse: Where Friendship Rules

Thursday, October 25, 2012

The Adventurers: Musical Instruments Board Game (Moving and Grooving)

"Down the Line": At Clubhouse, we focus on games that are not only fun but require us to work together as a team. Today, we were divided into two teams. Each team lined up in a row with players standing behind one another. The first player on each team was given a beach ball (a regular ball or a balloon would work as well) and then passed the beach ball backward over her head to the second player. The ball continued to be passed backward down the line until it reached the last player. The last player, receiving the ball, ran to the front of his line and began to pass the ball backward again. We played different variations of the game, e.g., passing the ball backward between our legs.


Board Game “Musical Instruments”:  
We were divided into small groups and each group played the board game. Each player had a game piece that was placed on "Start." The first player rolled the dice and moved forward the corresponding number of spaces. If we landed on a field with bells, we drew a bell card from the stack. The bell card was like a joker and had instructions/questions written on the back, e.g., "What's your favorite instrument?" We were not only supposed to answer the question but also to ask the other players. Before the game started, we talked about good sportsmanship and came up with the following rules: 
  •      PLAY FAIR!!!
  •      TAKE TURNS.
  •      CHEER FOR YOUR FRIENDS.
  •      USE KIND WORDS SUCH AS "GOOD GAME."
   

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