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.
The Adventurers: Ocean in a Bottle (Summer Outdoor Fun)
To get moving, we played our popular "Balloon Volleyball" game. We were divided into two equal teams and sat on the floor. Then, we tossed a balloon back and forth across a line that divided the teams. At first, we only had to keep one balloon up in the air but then we slowly added more balloons and had up to five balloons going, which was quite challenging but great fun.
"Ocean in a Bottle": Today, we created ocean waves in plastic bottles.
First, we added glitter, shells and sea
creatures to the bottle.
Then, we filled the bottle halfway with blue water. We used a funnel and helped each other, e.g., one of us was holding the funnel while our partner was pouring the water into the funnel. We topped off the rest of the bottle with vegetable oil and then screwed the cap onto the bottle and taped the cap. It was a lot of fun to move the bottle back and forth and to watch our ocean waves.
First, we added glitter, shells and sea 
Then, we filled the bottle halfway with blue water. We used a funnel and helped each other, e.g., one of us was holding the funnel while our partner was pouring the water into the funnel. We topped off the rest of the bottle with vegetable oil and then screwed the cap onto the bottle and taped the cap. It was a lot of fun to move the bottle back and forth and to watch our ocean waves.
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