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. Thanks to the generosity of our friends at the Jewish Community High School of The Bay who have given us access to their beautiful campus and their committed student volunteers, we were able to bring our East Bay Clubhouse program to San Francisco.
Music Time “Bubbles” (adapted musical chairs): Our “bubbles” (different colored circles) were
spread out on the floor and we danced around the bubbles when the music
played. When the music stopped, we found a bubble to stand on. Bubbles were blown while we were standing on the circles and we tried to catch and pop them. With each stoppage of the music, we removed bubbles in a certain color.
Art Project “Bubbles Everywhere”: First, we painted a paper with watercolors and used only colors that represented the sky. After finishing our sky, we used round objects that first were dipped into paint to make bubble imprints
on the paper. We later compared how different our bubble pictures looked.
Magic Bubbles: We went outside and created bubbles using different devices such as strawberry baskets, pipe cleaners and gigantic wands. Some of us tried to make huge bubbles, other tried to create many small ones. We used a self-made bubble solution created out of water (2 1/2 quarts), liquid dish detergent (1 cup) and light corn syrup (1/2 cup).
