BIA Clubhouse: Where Friendship Rules: The Explorers: Colors Everywhere! (From Magnets to Magic Mixtures)

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, September 28, 2011

The Explorers: Colors Everywhere! (From Magnets to Magic Mixtures)

Art Project “Balloon Painting”: Today, we experimented with colors and balloons. We decorated a paper by dipping balloons that were blown up slightly or filled with sensory materials into paint and then made an imprint on the paper. We tried different ways how to mix colors (e.g., first using a balloon that was dipped in yellow and then adding a second layer with a balloon that was dipped in red.).

Water Balloon Relay: Since we love this game so much and the weather was great, we played it again today. We partnered up and went around obstacles holding a container with a water balloon in our hands. At the end of the obstacle course, we tried to hit a target by throwing our water balloons toward the target. We worked on requesting balloons in a certain color and handing the balloon container to a friend to indicate whose turn it was.

BIA Clubhouse: Where Friendship Rules