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.
Cooperative Relay "The Train" (On the Go!)
“Musical Chairs with a Twist: Modes of Transportation”: We played this classic game again today but added another twist. Pictures of vehicles and other forms of transportation were taped to the chairs. Each student received a corresponding
picture that was attached to a stick. When the music played, we walked around the chairs. When the music
stopped, we had to find our chair with the corresponding picture.
Cooperative Relay “The Train”: We worked
in teams (groups of two or three students). We held on to a hula hoop, pretended to be a train and then
moved together as a group. After a practice round, we added some obstacles to go around without letting go of the hula hoop. Cooperative relays are a great way to promote teamwork and to work together for a common goal as well as to learn how to pay close attention to a partner(s).
Memory “Transportation”:
We had fun playing this turn-taking
game and tried to find as many pairs as possible. Focus and flexing our memory muscles were required. Of course, the memory cards showed different modes of transportation.
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