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.

Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Race Car Painting (On the Go!)

Welcome back to our Clubhouse spring session. This time around, it's all about different modes of transportation.

Warm-up Game “Subway Musical Chairs” : We played this classic game today but pretended to be on a subway. At first, we did not remove any chairs but just found a seat on our "subway" when the music stopped. But then it got crowed on the subway train and the seats were limited (i.e., one chair was removed after each stoppage of the music) until it was standing room only.

Small Group Art Project “Race Car Painting”: We worked with a partner and created paintings using race cars with attached magnets, paint and paper: Raised plexiglass was covered with a piece of paper. Blobs of paint were placed on the paper as well as two race cars.  We moved another magnet against the underside of the plexi and painted with the race cars (e.g., making tracks). A very fun and interactive activity.

 
















Snack Time is always very popular at Clubhouse. Today, we took the opportunity to catch up with our Clubhouse friends and to find out what they were up to during the break.


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