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.
Rainsticks (Moving and Grooving)
Warm-up Game
“Musical Instruments”: We danced around to music. When the music stopped, we found a circle to stand on and then one of us drew a picture out
of a bag that showed a musical instrument (e.g., drum, piano, violin, saxophone). We then pretended to play the
instrument.
Art Project “Homemade Rainsticks”:
We created rainsticks out of poster mailing tubes. The twist was that we worked with a partner on 1 tube,
which meant we had to share and to compromise.
Here are the detailed instructions:
- Measure aluminum
foil piece that is slightly larger than the tube.
- Work with your partner, each of you holding the foil on one end and carefully twisting it. Place foil in tube.
- Fill the
tube with beans (approximately 3-4 spoons).
- Seal tube with
lids.
- Decorate the
outside of the tubes with paint, feathers and paper scraps.
- Reinforce the lids with duct tape.
- Experiment with the rain stick by moving it in different ways. Discuss if the sound resembles the rain.
Here are the detailed instructions: 
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