BIA Clubhouse: Where Friendship Rules: A Rainbow of Colors: Tissue Paper Collage (The Explorers)

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, February 16, 2011

A Rainbow of Colors: Tissue Paper Collage (The Explorers)

1. Warm-up game “Freeze Dance”: Students danced around when the music played; and froze when the music stopped. Everyone did a fantastic job listening to the music.

2. Small Group Art Project “Rainbow Tissue Color Mix”: Students were divided into small groups. Students used starch to stick tissue shapes to white paper. By overlapping shapes they created new colors (e.g., bright blue over yellow to create green).

3. “Rainbow Fishing”: Students fished for paper swatches in the colors of a rainbow. At the end, students took turns arranging the color swatches to create a rainbow.

BIA Clubhouse: Where Friendship Rules