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

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

A Rainbow of Colors: Rainbow Tie Dye Baby Wipes (The Explorers)

Today, we focused on cooperative play and teamwork. 
  • Small group Art Project “Rainbow Tie Dye Baby Wipes”: Rubber bands were tied around different sections of a baby wipe. Students colored the baby wipes with watercolors. When the rubber bands were removed beautiful patterns appeared.
  •  “Rainbow Treasure Hunt” : Students completed a variety of tasks together in order to find a treasure.
  1. Bean Bag Toss: The students tossed bean bags into different colored hula hoops. If they were successful and hit the targets, they earned points (e.g., 3 points for tossing the bean bag into the red hula hoop). Together, they had to collect 30 points.
  2. Rainbow Tower: Students partnered up and carried a bin with blocks together. Then they built a tower using the blocks they had carried.
  3. Rainbow Dig: Students looked for rainbows that were hidden in the sandbox. The rainbows were their tokens that opened the treasure bin.


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