The Head Band
From Kate: Another great creative tool to help you design fun and exciting interactive games with your children. This will help not only lengthen your child's interactive attention span, but also encourage your child to look at you more.
Just click on the video below. If you are on Facebook right now - click on the title of this blog, then on "View original blog" which will take you to where the video is stored.
Enjoy being silly and playful with your children.
With much love to all,
Kate
Just click on the video below. If you are on Facebook right now - click on the title of this blog, then on "View original blog" which will take you to where the video is stored.
Enjoy being silly and playful with your children.
With much love to all,
Kate
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Thursday, March 4, 2010
10 New Ideas!
From Jack: OK, so here are some more fun ideas you can try in the The Son-Rise Program playroom using everyday household objects. Today, let's do 10 quick game ideas you could try using a handkerchief! Remember - YOU create the fun in the game, not your prop. It is your enthusiasm and committment to your game that will make it enticing for your autistic child.
- Blowing Contest! Work on physical participation and flexibility with your child by having a competition to see who can blow the handkerchief up in the air the longest! You could add an extra element by taking turns and asking your child to count the seconds and keeping score!
- Who's behind the Handkerchief? Hide your face behind the handkerchief and help your child with their eye contact by popping out from behind it as a different animal each time. Make big, funny sounds and animated facial expressions to inspire them to look at you.
- Silly Noise Machine - half stuff the handkerchief down your sleeve. Invite your child to physically participate to pull on the handkerchief. Them pulling on it causes you to make silly sounds.
- Find the Tickle! If your chld likes tickles, initiate a fun tickle game when they are available. Then hide your hand under the handkerchief and request them to pull it off so you can give them more tickles.
- Where's the Treasure? Hide some "treasure" (e.g. a picture of a character they like) somewhere in the playroom. You are the pirate sent to find the treasure but your map (the handkerchief) has had the ink washed off! Encourage your chld to help you make a new map, working on their verbal participation. Give them fun prompts such as "I remember there was a scary forest somewhere on this map" then once the new map is made, go on an adventure to find the treasure!
- What does my voice tell you? To help a child understand intonation, use the handkerchief to blindfold each other (if your child will let you). Your child's role, once blindfolded, is to guess how you are feeling from the sound of your voice. Really exaggerate the emotion in your voice to help them along. Encourage them to blindfold you and then THEY can play with communicating emotion through the tone of their voice.
- Blow blow blow! A simple game for children working on clear single words - once your child is engaged with you, lie on the floor and, in an animated way, blow the handkerchief as far as you can across the playroom, modeling the word "blow". Be really fun and silly as you do this - many children love to see things blown around the room. Once they are motivated, help them say "blow".
- Sticking spot! Use some artist's tape and stick the handkerchief to the floor of your playroom. When your child is available, initiate a fun chase game. But, when you tread on the handkerchief, you suddenly become stuck! Help your child say the word "move" to free you and continue the chase game.
Feel free to post any of your own ideas or modifications to any of these games, and have a wonderful time trying them out!
With laughs and smiles
Jack
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Tuesday, March 2, 2010
10 Fun Game Ideas!
From Jack: Here are 10 easy, fun ideas of games that you can do with the simplest prop imaginable - a bucket! Seriously, in the magic world of The Son-Rise Program ANYTHING can be fun and ANYTHING can be the doorway to an amazing interaction as you help your autistic child grow and change!
- The Magic Cauldron - You are the bubble/squeeze/tickle (or whatever your child loves) witch and your child has to stir your magic bucket-cauldron to help you make the bubble/squeeze/tickle spell and then they get the thing they are motivated for! Encourage their flexibility through physical participation! Expand this fun game by adding a list of ingredients that need to be added before the spell will work (e.g. two scarves, a toy car and a blue marker).
- A rock-star drum! Turn the bucket upside-down and drum on it! Sing your child's favorite songs and rock out together! You can work on different challenges depending on where your child is: clear words (e.g. "music"), verbal participation (e.g. your child sings while you drum), physical participation (e.g. your child drums while you sing).
- Help your friend around the playroom - put the bucket on your head and have a fun, silly time wobbling around the playroom, bumping into things. Your child's role is to verbally guide you safely around the playroom. You could even take turns!
- The tickle bucket! There's a tickle monster hiding in the bucket - any part of your child's body (e.g. legs, arms) that they put in the bucket will get tickled! Encourage their physical participation in this fun, simple game.
- Hiding animals - turn the bucket upside down. Tell your child there is something hiding under the bucket, but you don't know what it is! Slowly lift up one side and make a crazy animal sound! Your child's role is to guess which animal is under the bucket. Once they have done so, either swap and encourage your child to make the animal sounds, or come up with a different animal for your child to guess.
- Fly to the moon - if your child is small and light enough, invite them to stand in the bucket and fly them around the playroom. Once they are motivated you could help them to say the word "fly".
- Spin the bucket! Stick different motivating activities in a large circle on your playroom floor (e.g. tickle, squeeze, sing, ride). Place your amazing bucket in the middle of the circle and spin it. Whichever activity it ends up pointing towards will be what you do with your child! Take turns spinning your bucket and helping lengthen your child's attention span with all these different games!
- Guess what's in the bucket! To help your child ask questions, place one of their favorite things in the bucket and put it on the top shelf so your child can't see what is in it. Tell them that one of your child's favorite things is in there and your child has to guess what it is. Model questions they could ask (e.g. "Is it something you wear?" "Is it red?") and celebrate in a huge, fun way when they guess!
- Dodge the bucket! Have a fun time with your child rolling the bucket at each other, while the other one tries to dodge out of the way! Once one of you gets "hit" then swap over who is rolling and who is running.
- Playroom firemen - encourage imaginative and symbolic play by pretending that there is a fire in the corner of the playroom and you have to rescue your child's favorite character (Bob the Builder, Barney, The Wiggles). You could fill the bucket with scarves or paper and pretend that it's water as your playfully splash it around to put out the fire!
See how something as simple as a bucket can be the source of SO much fun and silliness!
Have a wonderful time playing
With love,
Jack
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Monday, March 1, 2010
From Kate: Building Ideas
Click on the video below to see some building ideas that you can use with your child on the Autism Spectrum. As always, it isn't the game itself that is important when encouraging our children to interact with us, but how much WE are enjoying what we are presenting to our children.
Do let us know how these ideas are helping your children - and do post any variations and experiences you have using theses so that other parents can benefit form your experiences.
If you are on Facebook right now, click on the title of this post, then on"View Original Post", then on the video itself. You can also view this video on YouTube.
Much love to you all
Kate
Do let us know how these ideas are helping your children - and do post any variations and experiences you have using theses so that other parents can benefit form your experiences.
If you are on Facebook right now, click on the title of this post, then on"View Original Post", then on the video itself. You can also view this video on YouTube.
Much love to you all
Kate
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Friday, February 26, 2010
From Kate Wilde: A video Blog Library.
After mastering the complexities of YouTube I have now finally and successfully uploaded all of our video blogs on to YouTube. As of right now we have over 25 on a variety of different subjects. There are many theme ideas, building ideas and different adjustments you can make to your Son-Rise Program playrooms to inspire more creativity.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXxfuBJBlpU
There are video blogs helping you with your energy excitement and enthusiasm, also on different Son-Rise Program techniques and 8 or so dedicated to the concept of creativity, playfulness and being silly- all vital parts of reaching your child on the Autism spectrum.
Use these videos to inspire and educate your team of volunteers or staff members. Have your volunteers watch some of these videos as part of their training.
Re - watch different themes, maybe your child will be ready for one you viewed a couple of months ago-- maybe you will be ready to try one you had previously thought you could not. We have put them all together so that you and your team will have easy access to them.
Click on the link below to take you to the place where they are all stored.
We will be posting new video blogs here and on YouTube regularly - so keep posted.
With much love to you, your wonderful volunteer teams, and lovely children
Kate
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From William: It was Magic!
I have just come out of our Son-Rise Program playroom, where I worked/played with a wonderful boy with autism. I feel so bless and honored to have been with him. We jumped around, chewed on chew toys, stared at spinning objects, shared eye contact, he rode on my back and let me bounce him up into the sky. We spoke, laughed and were also completely silent. I rolled on the floor, pretended to jump on a trampoline and at times stood still starring off across the room…every moment was magic!
Enjoy your time in your playroom with your child.
Love and Smiles
William
Enjoy your time in your playroom with your child.
Love and Smiles
William
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Thursday, February 25, 2010
Games!
From Kate Wilde: Here at The autism Treatment center of America we are dedicated to bringing you varied and interesting games and activities you can play with your children on the autism Spectrum.
So, Just click on the video below to view yet another fun game. If you are on face book right now, click on the title of this blog, then on "View original blog" then on the video itself. You can also view this video on YouTube.
have fun playing this humorous game
With much love to you
Kate
So, Just click on the video below to view yet another fun game. If you are on face book right now, click on the title of this blog, then on "View original blog" then on the video itself. You can also view this video on YouTube.
have fun playing this humorous game
With much love to you
Kate
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Monday, February 22, 2010
Are you under stimulating your child?
From Kate Wilde:Are you under stimulating your child? Ooh what a fun questions to ask yourself, especially if you often ask yourself, "Will my child be able to do this?" or make the statement - "My child will never do that."
Here at the Autism Treatment Center of America we see that children on the Autism spectrum challenge is not the level of their intelligence, nor their ability to understand what is spoken to them, but the ability to respond to what is being asked of them. Given that, if you have a nine year old, are you still asking them the same questions you did when they were five. If you have 12 year old are you still singing nursery rhymes to them. Are you reading the same book to your 15 year old?
Your 9 year old is still a nine year old, they have had nine years of experience, inside, maybe their tastes and mental development has grown as much as their physical appearance. If this is the case then we want to introduce to our children activities and ideas that are closer to their age group and stimulating to their minds.
How about taking in the newspaper and reading them a current article. Drop the nursery rhymes and sing some old rock songs, or a funk tunes, whatever music you like. Find an rare and tropical animal to teach them about, bring in photos and music of a different time or culture to discuss. When thinking about what you could offer to your child, think about something that you enjoy but have never thought to share with them.
Much love to you all
Kate
Here at the Autism Treatment Center of America we see that children on the Autism spectrum challenge is not the level of their intelligence, nor their ability to understand what is spoken to them, but the ability to respond to what is being asked of them. Given that, if you have a nine year old, are you still asking them the same questions you did when they were five. If you have 12 year old are you still singing nursery rhymes to them. Are you reading the same book to your 15 year old?
Your 9 year old is still a nine year old, they have had nine years of experience, inside, maybe their tastes and mental development has grown as much as their physical appearance. If this is the case then we want to introduce to our children activities and ideas that are closer to their age group and stimulating to their minds.
How about taking in the newspaper and reading them a current article. Drop the nursery rhymes and sing some old rock songs, or a funk tunes, whatever music you like. Find an rare and tropical animal to teach them about, bring in photos and music of a different time or culture to discuss. When thinking about what you could offer to your child, think about something that you enjoy but have never thought to share with them.
Much love to you all
Kate
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Friday, February 12, 2010
Socialization: The Doorway to All Areas of Development
Using The Son-Rise Program will help your child in all area's of development.
We have a beautiful young girl in our Son-Rise Program Intensive this week, who not only has autism but also epilepsy which results in her having difficulty standing up, going up and down stairs, being unsteady on her feet, etc..
As the week has progressed we have seen that she has become more skilled and able in using her body. At the beginning of the week she could not go down the slide by herself without her falling off it - now she slides down unaided, smiling and laughing all the way down. It is wonderful to see.
Again and again I see and hear stories like this - when using the Son-Rise Program and helping a child learn to enjoy and socialize more strongly with others (the pivotal area of child development), they also grow in other developmental areas like cognitive, self-help, gross and fine motor skills.
Enjoy your child as they discover themselves, you and the rest of the world.
Love and smiles,
William
p.s. Would love to hear similar stories like this that have happened as you have run your Son-Rise Program with your child.
We have a beautiful young girl in our Son-Rise Program Intensive this week, who not only has autism but also epilepsy which results in her having difficulty standing up, going up and down stairs, being unsteady on her feet, etc..
As the week has progressed we have seen that she has become more skilled and able in using her body. At the beginning of the week she could not go down the slide by herself without her falling off it - now she slides down unaided, smiling and laughing all the way down. It is wonderful to see.
Again and again I see and hear stories like this - when using the Son-Rise Program and helping a child learn to enjoy and socialize more strongly with others (the pivotal area of child development), they also grow in other developmental areas like cognitive, self-help, gross and fine motor skills.
Enjoy your child as they discover themselves, you and the rest of the world.
Love and smiles,
William
p.s. Would love to hear similar stories like this that have happened as you have run your Son-Rise Program with your child.
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Thursday, February 11, 2010
Games!
From Kate Wilde: More activities that you can play with your child in your Son-Rise Program playroom. Click on the video below to see three theme ideas you can use with your child to help them verbally and physically participate. (If you are on face book right now, click on the title of this blog, then on "View original blog")
As with any game we post on this blog the game itself does not matter half as much as how YOU play the game. Focus not on what to DO next, but on how much fun YOU are having. By concentrating and building your feeling of enjoyment you will make the game much more appealing for your child to play.
Also, there is no specific way these games are SUPPOSED to be played. We suggest one way to play, but your child may have a very different idea on how they want to play with these photographs. If you are interacting with one another it does not matter whether you are playing this game as you intended, as the goal of each game is to interact, not play a game by the rules.
Have fun playing these games, and let us know how it goes.
With love to you all
Kate
P.S For those of you who have not been able to view my previous video blogs on the blogger, we are in the process of uploading them all onto youtube, we will let you know when they are all completed.
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Wednesday, February 10, 2010
From Katrina - Playroom Theme Song
Hi Guys,
While getting ready for the playroom at the Autism Treatment Center of America today, I was looking up songs that go along with the child's motivation. I found the theme song for Diego, and thought it could be a great theme song for any playroom, so I wanted to share it with you(words have been modified to coincide with the Son Rise program playroom - insert your own child's name) Sing it to the tune of Go Diego Go
Oh... Oh.., Oh... ah
Go YOUR CHILD Go
Deep inside the playroom where love is running wild
Coming to the rescue is a very special child
Talking to her friends and swinging with her arms
This rough and tough adventurer is working all her charms
Yo Viene YOUR CHLID...YOUR CHILD...YOUR CHILD...Go, YOUR CHILD, Go
I am on a mission we're going for a ride
YOUR CHILD is on the road with Son Rise on her side
Discovering together, Yeah we're always having fun
Helping out each other is good for everyone
And there goes YOUR CHILD...YOUR CHILD...YOUR CHILD...Go, YOUR CHILD, Go
Have fun in the playroom!
Love,
Katrina
While getting ready for the playroom at the Autism Treatment Center of America today, I was looking up songs that go along with the child's motivation. I found the theme song for Diego, and thought it could be a great theme song for any playroom, so I wanted to share it with you(words have been modified to coincide with the Son Rise program playroom - insert your own child's name) Sing it to the tune of Go Diego Go
Oh... Oh.., Oh... ah
Go YOUR CHILD Go
Deep inside the playroom where love is running wild
Coming to the rescue is a very special child
Talking to her friends and swinging with her arms
This rough and tough adventurer is working all her charms
Yo Viene YOUR CHLID...YOUR CHILD...YOUR CHILD...Go, YOUR CHILD, Go
I am on a mission we're going for a ride
YOUR CHILD is on the road with Son Rise on her side
Discovering together, Yeah we're always having fun
Helping out each other is good for everyone
And there goes YOUR CHILD...YOUR CHILD...YOUR CHILD...Go, YOUR CHILD, Go
Have fun in the playroom!
Love,
Katrina
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Creativity
From Kate Wilde: Being creative is essential to reaching our Children on the Autism Spectrum. People so often believe that we are either born a creative person or a scientific person. That you are either a "left brain" person or a "right brain" person. Here at the Autism Treatment Center of America, we believe that you can be any kind of person you want to be. As with our children it is all about our motivation, and what better motivation do we have to build and believe in our own creativity than helping our lovely children on the Autism Spectrum.
Creativity is an attitude not a skill that you are born with or without.
As with any attitude it is useful to be clear about what we think. We can nurture our creativity by being clear with what we believe and think. Click on the video below to hear what Son-Rise Program Child facilitators and Son-Rise Program teachers, who work everyday with children on the Autism Spectrum think and believe that help them become power houses of creativity.
Creativity is an attitude not a skill that you are born with or without.
As with any attitude it is useful to be clear about what we think. We can nurture our creativity by being clear with what we believe and think. Click on the video below to hear what Son-Rise Program Child facilitators and Son-Rise Program teachers, who work everyday with children on the Autism Spectrum think and believe that help them become power houses of creativity.
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Monday, February 1, 2010
From Kate Wilde:Imagination Play
Often times our children on the autism spectrum do not seem to understand the concept of imagination. Favouring more concrete play, or sensory based play such as rides, swings and rough and tumble. Here at the Autism Treatment Center of America we believe in creating interactions around what our children are already interested in, going with our children's motivations. So if they are already interested in books, then we create games around books. If our children are seeking sensory based games such as swings, then, when our children initiate play with us, by looking at us or talking to us we would then offer a swing game.
How do we then introduce the concept of imagination games to children who are not at this moment showing a clear motivation for it?
1.By beginning to model it ourselves.
2.By marring it to our children's current motivation.
What does that look like?
If your child interacts mainly by your giving them a ride or a swing, then you could marry imagination into that game. By swinging them, and as you put them down after a swing, you could say something like:
"You have landed in a big pool of water, splash." Or you could say, "Now you are landing in space", and then you act as if you are in space without any gravity." Or you could say, " I am going to swing you into the land of soft animals", and get down all the stuffed animals.
In this case you are not asking anything of your child, you are just adding an imaginary component to the play your child already interacts with.
If your child is motivated by books, when your child looks at you or shows interest in you, you could begin to dress up as the characters from the book. You could act out a scene from the book that they are enjoying.
Modeling what imaginative play looks like is the first step to exposing it to our children, and thus helping them digest it and learn about it.
Have a great week with your lovely children.
Love Kate
How do we then introduce the concept of imagination games to children who are not at this moment showing a clear motivation for it?
1.By beginning to model it ourselves.
2.By marring it to our children's current motivation.
What does that look like?
If your child interacts mainly by your giving them a ride or a swing, then you could marry imagination into that game. By swinging them, and as you put them down after a swing, you could say something like:
"You have landed in a big pool of water, splash." Or you could say, "Now you are landing in space", and then you act as if you are in space without any gravity." Or you could say, " I am going to swing you into the land of soft animals", and get down all the stuffed animals.
In this case you are not asking anything of your child, you are just adding an imaginary component to the play your child already interacts with.
If your child is motivated by books, when your child looks at you or shows interest in you, you could begin to dress up as the characters from the book. You could act out a scene from the book that they are enjoying.
Modeling what imaginative play looks like is the first step to exposing it to our children, and thus helping them digest it and learn about it.
Have a great week with your lovely children.
Love Kate
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Friday, January 29, 2010
Velro Hoop
From kate Wilde: A great idea for your Son-Rise Program Playrooms.
To see this fun build idea presented by our talented Son-Rise Program child facilitator Jack Goodall, just click on the video below, or if you are on face book right now, click on the title of this blog, then on "view original blog" then on the video itself.
Love to you all
Kate
To see this fun build idea presented by our talented Son-Rise Program child facilitator Jack Goodall, just click on the video below, or if you are on face book right now, click on the title of this blog, then on "view original blog" then on the video itself.
Love to you all
Kate
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Sunday, January 24, 2010
Mister Man Game
From Kate Wilde: To all you amazing parents who have children on the autism spectrum, The Autism Treatment Center of America sends you another creative idea.
Just click on the video below, or if you are on face book right now click on the title of this blog, then on "view original blog" then on the video itself.
Know that we are here believing in you and your children, supporting you all the way!!
Much love to you
Kate
Just click on the video below, or if you are on face book right now click on the title of this blog, then on "view original blog" then on the video itself.
Know that we are here believing in you and your children, supporting you all the way!!
Much love to you
Kate
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Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Creative uses for Velco!
From Kate Wilde: Each week at The Autism Treatment Center of America , we have a family attending the Son-Rise Program Intensive. Every child who comes here inspires us to reach new heights in our own creativity. Each child is so unique and wonderful, bringing with them their own new set of motivations that inspire us to create new interesting games, and building ideas.
We want to share these with you so that you can benefit along side the family that is here.
For our next creative idea just click on the video below, or if you are on face book click on the title of this blog, then on 'view original blog" to take you to where the video is stored.
Much love to you all
Kate
We want to share these with you so that you can benefit along side the family that is here.
For our next creative idea just click on the video below, or if you are on face book click on the title of this blog, then on 'view original blog" to take you to where the video is stored.
Much love to you all
Kate
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Friday, January 15, 2010
Rescue Elmo Game
From Kate Wilde: Another game for your to enjoy! Click on the video below or if you are on face book right now on the title of this blog, then on "View original blog" then on the video itself.
All of us here at The Autism Treatment Center of America send all of you our support and love as you play with your children and gently encourage and entice them to want to become part of our social world.
Kate
All of us here at The Autism Treatment Center of America send all of you our support and love as you play with your children and gently encourage and entice them to want to become part of our social world.
Kate
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Monday, January 11, 2010
Creative Playroom Idea.
From Kate Wilde:A playroom idea from the Autism Treatment Center of America.
This simple playroom adjustment will help you come up with new and different creative ideas to bring into your playroom, or work area with your child. It is important to continue to bring in fresh ideas to help motivate your child to interact with you. Here at The Autism Treatment Center of America we are dedicated to bringing you new ideas to help stimulate your own creativity.
Just click on the video below, or if your on face book right now, just click on the title of this blog, then on "View Original Blog" this will take you to where the Video is stored.
Much love to all of you
Kate
This simple playroom adjustment will help you come up with new and different creative ideas to bring into your playroom, or work area with your child. It is important to continue to bring in fresh ideas to help motivate your child to interact with you. Here at The Autism Treatment Center of America we are dedicated to bringing you new ideas to help stimulate your own creativity.
Just click on the video below, or if your on face book right now, just click on the title of this blog, then on "View Original Blog" this will take you to where the Video is stored.
Much love to all of you
Kate
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Friday, January 1, 2010
Imagination games for the New Year
From Kate Wilde:Here are a few imagination games from The Autism Treatment Center of America to help you start the new year with your children on the Autism Spectrum.
1. "What do you see?" - This games is designed to encourage spontaneous expressive language and is for a child who can speak in simple sentences and beyond.
- Pretend that you are sleeping, when the alarm wakes you get up, go over to the window, draw the curtains, and look out the window.
- One of you is to describe to the other person what they see out the window, to describe the scenery and any event that is happening, then you go out side and play the scenario that was just described.
- We would suggest that you take the first turn to model to your child how to play the game.
Variations: you could be sleeping on a airplane, or train, and describe the scene when the train or airplane stops. You could be in a time machine and stop to describe different historical events you land in.
2."Pretend this is happening to you". This is designed to encourage your children to physical participate more, and to interact with simple props
- Put different props around the room that you would use in different kinds of weather, for example, an umbrella, wellington boots, a hat, gloves, scarf, a glass of water, swimming trunks, snorkel, a sun hat, sun cream etc.
- Explain to your child that you are going to tell them what kind of weather is happening and they are to use the props they would use in that type of weather and act out what they would do in that type of weather.
- Take turns acting out and choosing the weather.
- Different types of weather may be, as hot as a desert, torrential rain with a strong wind, light sunny day at the beach, a snow storm, hail and ice storm etc.
Variations: you could play the same game, but instead of different types of weather, you could have different sporting events, or different animals to interact with, or different social events to attend.
The most important thing to do in each of them games above is to have fun, be playful and enjoy whatever happens. I wish you much happiness this coming year 2010.
Kate
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Sunday, December 20, 2009
Giant Animal Blocks
From Kate Wilde: Giant Animal blocks, a fun prop idea from our talented Son-Rise Program Child facilitator Kim Korpady.
Click on the video below, (or if you are on face book click on the title of this blog, then on , "View Original Blog" then on the video itself), to see how you could use these giant animal blocks in your Son-Rise Program playroom with you children on The Autism Spectrum.
Have fun being silly with these blocks.
Love to you all
Kate
Click on the video below, (or if you are on face book click on the title of this blog, then on , "View Original Blog" then on the video itself), to see how you could use these giant animal blocks in your Son-Rise Program playroom with you children on The Autism Spectrum.
Have fun being silly with these blocks.
Love to you all
Kate
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Wednesday, December 16, 2009
What's my body saying?
From Kate Wilde: Another game from the Autism Treatment Center of America!
This game is called, "What's my body saying?" and is designed to help our children on the Autism Spectrum read social cues. To understand not only what we are saying with our verbal comminucation, but what our gestures, facile expressions and internation are communicating.
There are two versions of this game, one about simple gestures and facial expressions, and one to help with more complex social cues, such as sarcasm.
Just click on the video below, or if you are on face book right now, click on the title of this post then on "view original post" then on the video itself.
enjoy!
With love to you all
Kate
This game is called, "What's my body saying?" and is designed to help our children on the Autism Spectrum read social cues. To understand not only what we are saying with our verbal comminucation, but what our gestures, facile expressions and internation are communicating.
There are two versions of this game, one about simple gestures and facial expressions, and one to help with more complex social cues, such as sarcasm.
Just click on the video below, or if you are on face book right now, click on the title of this post then on "view original post" then on the video itself.
enjoy!
With love to you all
Kate
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Sunday, November 29, 2009
From Kate Wilde: Treasure Hunt Game!
From Kate Wilde: Good Morning Everyone!
A great game from The Autism Treatment Center of America.
Just click on the video below to view a game you can play right now with your child. This game will help your child physically participate, and help lengthen their attention span.
If you are on face book right now just click on the title of this blog, then on "view original blog", then on the video itself.
Enjoy!
love to you
Kate
A great game from The Autism Treatment Center of America.
Just click on the video below to view a game you can play right now with your child. This game will help your child physically participate, and help lengthen their attention span.
If you are on face book right now just click on the title of this blog, then on "view original blog", then on the video itself.
Enjoy!
love to you
Kate
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Sunday, November 22, 2009
Ipod game!
Hello Everyone!
Another fun game idea from The Autism Treatment Center of America. This is a game that will be fun for all children on the Autistic Spectrum, whatever stage of development they are at, this game is for you and for them, modify it to fit the motivations of your child, and give it a try.
There is nothing to lose by trying, just a whole lot of fun to gain.
Click on the video below, if you are face book right now click on the title of this blog, then on "view original blog", that will take you to where the video is stored, then just click on the video itself.
Enjoy! If you try this game at home, let us know by posting your experience in the comment section of this blog, or on our face book wall.
Love to you all
Kate
Another fun game idea from The Autism Treatment Center of America. This is a game that will be fun for all children on the Autistic Spectrum, whatever stage of development they are at, this game is for you and for them, modify it to fit the motivations of your child, and give it a try.
There is nothing to lose by trying, just a whole lot of fun to gain.
Click on the video below, if you are face book right now click on the title of this blog, then on "view original blog", that will take you to where the video is stored, then just click on the video itself.
Enjoy! If you try this game at home, let us know by posting your experience in the comment section of this blog, or on our face book wall.
Love to you all
Kate
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Thursday, November 19, 2009
Celebrate Good Times, C'mon!!
Woo! Celebrate, celebrate, CELEBRATE! I looooooooove to celebrate!!
So often when someone new to the Son-Rise Program observes us working with autistic children here at the Autism Treatment Center of America, the thing that really stands out to them is how much we celebrate the child. Everything a special child does is a wonder and a gift to us and boy, do we let them know it! Celebrating our special children is such a beautiful way to show them how perfect they are, how much we love everything they do and to highlight the new and incredible things they do in the Son-Rise playroom... ultimately, we believe celebration will help inspire them as they move towards recovery from autism.
(And here's the added bonus - it feels great for us too!)
Seriously, if there is one HUGE thing I've taken from my work here as a Son-Rise Child Facilitator it is to find something to celebrate every day, in every area of my life. Focus on the positives, my friends, and by heck you will find MORE positives!
So let's try an experiment together. Let's all find 5 things to celebrate today that we have NEVER celebrated before. Hmmm... here are some ideas:
So often when someone new to the Son-Rise Program observes us working with autistic children here at the Autism Treatment Center of America, the thing that really stands out to them is how much we celebrate the child. Everything a special child does is a wonder and a gift to us and boy, do we let them know it! Celebrating our special children is such a beautiful way to show them how perfect they are, how much we love everything they do and to highlight the new and incredible things they do in the Son-Rise playroom... ultimately, we believe celebration will help inspire them as they move towards recovery from autism.
(And here's the added bonus - it feels great for us too!)
Seriously, if there is one HUGE thing I've taken from my work here as a Son-Rise Child Facilitator it is to find something to celebrate every day, in every area of my life. Focus on the positives, my friends, and by heck you will find MORE positives!
So let's try an experiment together. Let's all find 5 things to celebrate today that we have NEVER celebrated before. Hmmm... here are some ideas:
- The people who collect your garbage: yeah - those guys do an incredible job - let them know it!
- The check-out person at your local store - I bet they hear enough complaints so why not make their day with a celebration?
- Your bus driver - so... your bus was 10 minutes late? Great! It could have been 30 miunutes late! Thank you driver!
- Your spouse - how often do we really, deeply, genuinely celebrate those we see every day?
- Your neighbors - what a wonderful way to create a supportive community around your special person.
So go forth and celebrate my friends! Have fun!
(... and don't forget to celebrate the most important person - YOURSELF!)
Big love,
Jack
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Monday, November 16, 2009
10 Ways to Build off Squeezes
Hi all,
Many children that I have worked with at The Autism Treatment Center of America have really enjoyed squeezes on their hands, legs, heads, etc, and big body squeezes. Here are 10 ideas to try if your child likes squeezes.
1) Bring 2 pillows into the playroom and hold them in your arms. Have fun squishing your child in the pillows when they motivated for squeezes.
2) Use puppets to give squeezes on their hands and feet. Use different character voices for each puppet as you model the word squeeze them.
3) Fill a hat with adjectives writen on several strips of paper (e.g. fast, slow, deep, shaky, etc). Experiment with having your child pick out of the hat to see what type of squeezes to have next.
4) For an older child, pretend you are at the day spa. Draw a menu on a piece of posterboard of the different treatments you offer at the spa (e.g. finger massage, deep massage treatment, rolling pin massage, etc).
5) Attach circles of different textured fabrics to the fingers of a cheap pair of gloves to squeeze with (e.g. Velcro, satin, foam, etc).
6) Pretend your child is a piece of pizza dough that you need to shape and mould by kneading the dough.
7) Fly around the playroom to different planets (e.g. hand planet, foot planet, elbow planet, etc). Each time you land on one of the planets, where you have to squeeze that body part.
8) Pretend that you are a blind person who can't see where to squeeze without your child looking at you. Have fun fumbling around trying to find your child each time they look away. This is a great way to work on eye contact too.
9) Work on choices with your child by having them choose which part of their body they want squeezing.
10) Roll a dice with different animal pictures on each side, then squeeze your child in the style of that animal (e.g. monkey squeeze, bird squeeze, cat squeeze, etc).
Have fun!
Many children that I have worked with at The Autism Treatment Center of America have really enjoyed squeezes on their hands, legs, heads, etc, and big body squeezes. Here are 10 ideas to try if your child likes squeezes.
1) Bring 2 pillows into the playroom and hold them in your arms. Have fun squishing your child in the pillows when they motivated for squeezes.
2) Use puppets to give squeezes on their hands and feet. Use different character voices for each puppet as you model the word squeeze them.
3) Fill a hat with adjectives writen on several strips of paper (e.g. fast, slow, deep, shaky, etc). Experiment with having your child pick out of the hat to see what type of squeezes to have next.
4) For an older child, pretend you are at the day spa. Draw a menu on a piece of posterboard of the different treatments you offer at the spa (e.g. finger massage, deep massage treatment, rolling pin massage, etc).
5) Attach circles of different textured fabrics to the fingers of a cheap pair of gloves to squeeze with (e.g. Velcro, satin, foam, etc).
6) Pretend your child is a piece of pizza dough that you need to shape and mould by kneading the dough.
7) Fly around the playroom to different planets (e.g. hand planet, foot planet, elbow planet, etc). Each time you land on one of the planets, where you have to squeeze that body part.
8) Pretend that you are a blind person who can't see where to squeeze without your child looking at you. Have fun fumbling around trying to find your child each time they look away. This is a great way to work on eye contact too.
9) Work on choices with your child by having them choose which part of their body they want squeezing.
10) Roll a dice with different animal pictures on each side, then squeeze your child in the style of that animal (e.g. monkey squeeze, bird squeeze, cat squeeze, etc).
Have fun!
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Games, Games, Games
Good Morning to you!
More game ideas from The Autism Treatment Center of America.
Click on the video below, or if you are on face book click on the title of this blog, then on "View original blog, that will take you to where this video is stored, and then just click on that video itself.
Enjoy
Love Kate
More game ideas from The Autism Treatment Center of America.
Click on the video below, or if you are on face book click on the title of this blog, then on "View original blog, that will take you to where this video is stored, and then just click on that video itself.
Enjoy
Love Kate
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Thursday, November 12, 2009
Game Idea
Hello Everyone,
Another game idea from The Autism Treatment Center of America.
You can play this with you child as is, or modify it to your child's current motivations. If this idea stimulates another theme idea, please post it on our wall so that other parents can be inspired by it.
Just click on the video below, or if you are on face book right now, click on the title of this blog, then on "View Original Post", that will take you to where the video is stored, then just click on the video itself.
Enjoy!
with much love to you all and hugs to your beautiful children.
Kate
Another game idea from The Autism Treatment Center of America.
You can play this with you child as is, or modify it to your child's current motivations. If this idea stimulates another theme idea, please post it on our wall so that other parents can be inspired by it.
Just click on the video below, or if you are on face book right now, click on the title of this blog, then on "View Original Post", that will take you to where the video is stored, then just click on the video itself.
Enjoy!
with much love to you all and hugs to your beautiful children.
Kate
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Thursday, October 29, 2009
10 Variations for Snack
This week we are working in "The Son-Rise Program" intensive with a gorgeous five year old boy who is very motivated for food.
Here are 10 things you can do to vary the game as you give your child snacks from the shelf.
1) Put each piece of food into a toy bus/car/train/ambulance and deliver it to your child using a fun sound effect that goes with the vehicle you are using.
2) Wear a hat with the top cut off and a bowl of your child's favorite snack inside of it, you can work on eye contact as you bring each piece down.
3) Use fun puppets to bring each piece of snack down to your child.
4) Invite your child take your hands and dance to the shelf together to get the food. Experiment with dancing in different styles (e.g. rock and roll, ballet, etc).
5) Throw a tea party and serve up your childs snacks and drinks bit by bit using plastic cups and plates.
6) Bring each snack down for your child in a different way each time (e.g. fly it down, bounce it down, wobble it down, etc).
7) Bring two pieces of food down and hide them behind your back in both hands. invite your child to pick the hand he wants to get the corresponding snack.
8) Cut out circles from construction paper and tape them to the floor, pretend they are giant stepping stones or lilly pads that the two of you have to jump across to get to the food. Play around with pretending to fall into the water to lengthen the game.
9) Place strips of Artist's tape across the floor to the shelf pretending it's a train track. You are the "eat train" which gives your child rides to the shelf and back with the snacks being your fuel to keep you both going.
10) Pretend that each time you touch the different snacks they make you do fun, slapstick actions (e.g. fall over, get the hiccups, start giggling, etc).
Have fun with food!
Here are 10 things you can do to vary the game as you give your child snacks from the shelf.
1) Put each piece of food into a toy bus/car/train/ambulance and deliver it to your child using a fun sound effect that goes with the vehicle you are using.
2) Wear a hat with the top cut off and a bowl of your child's favorite snack inside of it, you can work on eye contact as you bring each piece down.
3) Use fun puppets to bring each piece of snack down to your child.
4) Invite your child take your hands and dance to the shelf together to get the food. Experiment with dancing in different styles (e.g. rock and roll, ballet, etc).
5) Throw a tea party and serve up your childs snacks and drinks bit by bit using plastic cups and plates.
6) Bring each snack down for your child in a different way each time (e.g. fly it down, bounce it down, wobble it down, etc).
7) Bring two pieces of food down and hide them behind your back in both hands. invite your child to pick the hand he wants to get the corresponding snack.
8) Cut out circles from construction paper and tape them to the floor, pretend they are giant stepping stones or lilly pads that the two of you have to jump across to get to the food. Play around with pretending to fall into the water to lengthen the game.
9) Place strips of Artist's tape across the floor to the shelf pretending it's a train track. You are the "eat train" which gives your child rides to the shelf and back with the snacks being your fuel to keep you both going.
10) Pretend that each time you touch the different snacks they make you do fun, slapstick actions (e.g. fall over, get the hiccups, start giggling, etc).
Have fun with food!
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Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Be Silly
Hello Again!
There at The Autism Treatment Center of America being silly is on the menu everyday.
All children whether they are on the Autism Spectrum or not can be touched and reached by silliness.
Silliness knows no bounds -when we are silly there is no right or wrong, good or bad, just a delight in what is.
A desire to reach out, and play with the gifts that life has given us.
Click on the video below, (or if you are on Facebook, click on the title of this blog, then on "View Original Post" which will take you to the video) for a little bit of silly inspiration, the Son-Rise Program way.
Much love to you and your lovely children.
Kate
There at The Autism Treatment Center of America being silly is on the menu everyday.
All children whether they are on the Autism Spectrum or not can be touched and reached by silliness.
Silliness knows no bounds -when we are silly there is no right or wrong, good or bad, just a delight in what is.
A desire to reach out, and play with the gifts that life has given us.
Click on the video below, (or if you are on Facebook, click on the title of this blog, then on "View Original Post" which will take you to the video) for a little bit of silly inspiration, the Son-Rise Program way.
Much love to you and your lovely children.
Kate
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Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Generating Enthusiasm
Hi Everyone,
Today I want to share with you a short video clip that was sent to me. When I watched the clip, it reminded me of how wonderful it is to work at The Autism Treatment Center of America.
I am surrounded by a team of Teachers and Child Facilitators who are always choosing comfort over discomfort, always choosing fun and playfulness over seriousness and pressure, and always reaching for the thought that feels better.
This video is about encouraging people to be enthusiastic about taking the stairs instead of the escalator. Enjoy!
Today I want to share with you a short video clip that was sent to me. When I watched the clip, it reminded me of how wonderful it is to work at The Autism Treatment Center of America.
I am surrounded by a team of Teachers and Child Facilitators who are always choosing comfort over discomfort, always choosing fun and playfulness over seriousness and pressure, and always reaching for the thought that feels better.
This video is about encouraging people to be enthusiastic about taking the stairs instead of the escalator. Enjoy!
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Tuesday, October 6, 2009
10 Variations for a Ball
Here are 10 things you can do with soccer balls in your Son-Rise Program Playroom with your special child.
1) Throw the ball up in the air and clap you hands while it's up. Start with one clap and work your way up, the higher the ball goes, the more claps you can fit in. The person with the most claps wins. This is also great for coordination and gross motor skills.
2) Pretend it's a satellite flying through the galaxy, experiment with having it land in different planets (e.g. tickling planet, singing planet, etc).
3) Set up goals around the room (using chairs or buckets), label each goal with a fun motivation (e.g. music, rides, etc) and take turns scoring goals and giving each other the action that the goal is labelled with.
4) Have a juggling competition.
5) Pretend that the balls are rare dinosaur eggs that are extinct and play catch with them, whatever you do, you must not drop them.
6) Play kick ball and make a fun sound effect whenever your partner kicks it (e.g. monkey impression, raspberry, etc).
7) Balance the ball on your head for as long as possible.
8) Hide them around the room and play a game of hotter and colder.
9) Keep them up in the air as long as you can.
10) Make a ball pop out from different places (e.g. from your sleeve, pretend to sneeze it out, etc).
1) Throw the ball up in the air and clap you hands while it's up. Start with one clap and work your way up, the higher the ball goes, the more claps you can fit in. The person with the most claps wins. This is also great for coordination and gross motor skills.
2) Pretend it's a satellite flying through the galaxy, experiment with having it land in different planets (e.g. tickling planet, singing planet, etc).
3) Set up goals around the room (using chairs or buckets), label each goal with a fun motivation (e.g. music, rides, etc) and take turns scoring goals and giving each other the action that the goal is labelled with.
4) Have a juggling competition.
5) Pretend that the balls are rare dinosaur eggs that are extinct and play catch with them, whatever you do, you must not drop them.
6) Play kick ball and make a fun sound effect whenever your partner kicks it (e.g. monkey impression, raspberry, etc).
7) Balance the ball on your head for as long as possible.
8) Hide them around the room and play a game of hotter and colder.
9) Keep them up in the air as long as you can.
10) Make a ball pop out from different places (e.g. from your sleeve, pretend to sneeze it out, etc).
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Monday, September 28, 2009
10 Variations for a Blanket
Here are 10 things you can do with a blanket in your Son-Rise Program
playroom
1)Roll your child up in it and pretend he/she is a hot dog. Experiment with adding mustard, ketchup and squeezing him/her in it.
2)Pretend that the blanket is a whirlwind whooshing around the room and have fun getting blown away in it with your child.
3)Lay it out and have a tea party on it.
4)Take turns whisking the blanket out from underneath the plastic tea set and seeing who knocks over the least amount of cups, plates, etc.
5)Spread it out over two chairs and pretend it's a tent, go camping in the playroom with your child.
6)Pretend it is a beekeepers outfit and there are hundreds of tickling bees swarming around you.
7)Twist it around and around and pretend it's your pet snake. Have fun, naming it, feeding it, etc.
8)Hold two corners of it and flap it behind you like wings. You can be a butterfly, bat or ladybug.
9)Give your child a ride in it.
10)Pretend it is your hair and play a game of hairdressers. Have fun, tying it in a ponytail, waching it, etc.
playroom
1)Roll your child up in it and pretend he/she is a hot dog. Experiment with adding mustard, ketchup and squeezing him/her in it.
2)Pretend that the blanket is a whirlwind whooshing around the room and have fun getting blown away in it with your child.
3)Lay it out and have a tea party on it.
4)Take turns whisking the blanket out from underneath the plastic tea set and seeing who knocks over the least amount of cups, plates, etc.
5)Spread it out over two chairs and pretend it's a tent, go camping in the playroom with your child.
6)Pretend it is a beekeepers outfit and there are hundreds of tickling bees swarming around you.
7)Twist it around and around and pretend it's your pet snake. Have fun, naming it, feeding it, etc.
8)Hold two corners of it and flap it behind you like wings. You can be a butterfly, bat or ladybug.
9)Give your child a ride in it.
10)Pretend it is your hair and play a game of hairdressers. Have fun, tying it in a ponytail, waching it, etc.
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Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Games, Games, Games
Hello Everyone,
Click on the video below, or on"view original post" and then on the video link to view another game from the Autism Treatment Center of America.
This game is called, "Ipod".
Enjoy!
Love Kate
Click on the video below, or on"view original post" and then on the video link to view another game from the Autism Treatment Center of America.
This game is called, "Ipod".
Enjoy!
Love Kate
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Sunday, September 20, 2009
10 Variations for Bubbles
In all my years of working with special children, I have seen many of them to be motivated by bubbles. One of the autism strategies we use at The Son-Rise Program is adding variations to activities to help our children be more flexible.
Here are 10 things you can do with bubbles to keep them interesting for both you and your child:
1) Pop them with different parts of your body (e.g. nose, elbow, belly).
2) Blow them on toy cars and pretend they are going through a car wash.
3) See who can blow the biggest bubble and measure it with a tape measure.
4) Use a fun sound effect each time your child pops one (e.g. a rooster sound, raspberry, etc)
5)Blow a bunch of bubbles and then use buckets to catch them in. It will be like soccer but you are bringing the goal to the bubble.
6)See if you can blow a bubble with your nose instead of your mouth.
7)Make bubble art by letting bubbles land on different colored card or construction paper.experiment with putting a drop of food coloring into the bubble mixture.
8)Play keep the bubble in the air for as ong as possible by blowing it around.
9)Have a bubble race by blowing a bubble and holding it on the wand and running across the room. The winner completes the race without the bubble popping.
10)See if you can blow a bubble down a toilet paper tube without it popping.
Here are 10 things you can do with bubbles to keep them interesting for both you and your child:
1) Pop them with different parts of your body (e.g. nose, elbow, belly).
2) Blow them on toy cars and pretend they are going through a car wash.
3) See who can blow the biggest bubble and measure it with a tape measure.
4) Use a fun sound effect each time your child pops one (e.g. a rooster sound, raspberry, etc)
5)Blow a bunch of bubbles and then use buckets to catch them in. It will be like soccer but you are bringing the goal to the bubble.
6)See if you can blow a bubble with your nose instead of your mouth.
7)Make bubble art by letting bubbles land on different colored card or construction paper.experiment with putting a drop of food coloring into the bubble mixture.
8)Play keep the bubble in the air for as ong as possible by blowing it around.
9)Have a bubble race by blowing a bubble and holding it on the wand and running across the room. The winner completes the race without the bubble popping.
10)See if you can blow a bubble down a toilet paper tube without it popping.
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Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Yet Another Game Idea
Hello Again,
To view another game idea from the Autism Treatment Center of America, just click on the video below. Or click on "view original post" and that will take you to a place where you can view the video.
Enjoy playing with your children.
Love Kate
To view another game idea from the Autism Treatment Center of America, just click on the video below. Or click on "view original post" and that will take you to a place where you can view the video.
Enjoy playing with your children.
Love Kate
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Tuesday, September 15, 2009
10 Variations for a Therapy Ball
We are working with a child this week who loves to roll on the therapy balls that we have here in the Son-Rise Program playroom.
Here are 10 creative things you can do with a therapy ball in your playroom.
1) Balance on it without your feet on the floor for as long as you can.
2) Play catch with it (with your feet).
3) Pretend it is a giant boulder tumbling down a rock that you have to run from.
4) Bounce off the Walls with it in your arms.
5) Pretend it is a giant wart that has grown on your face and cast different spells on it to try and make it disappear.
6) Use it as a gigantic bowling ball.
7) Lie on the floor and try and roll it across your body from your feet up to your head without it falling off.
8) Draw a face on it with dry erase markers and give it a name. Then let have it play in your games as a third friend.
9) Have a competition to see how high you can each bounce and mark the highest bounce on the wall with artist's tape.
10) Play a game of giant ping pong using frying pans as bats.
Here are 10 creative things you can do with a therapy ball in your playroom.
1) Balance on it without your feet on the floor for as long as you can.
2) Play catch with it (with your feet).
3) Pretend it is a giant boulder tumbling down a rock that you have to run from.
4) Bounce off the Walls with it in your arms.
5) Pretend it is a giant wart that has grown on your face and cast different spells on it to try and make it disappear.
6) Use it as a gigantic bowling ball.
7) Lie on the floor and try and roll it across your body from your feet up to your head without it falling off.
8) Draw a face on it with dry erase markers and give it a name. Then let have it play in your games as a third friend.
9) Have a competition to see how high you can each bounce and mark the highest bounce on the wall with artist's tape.
10) Play a game of giant ping pong using frying pans as bats.
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Monday, September 14, 2009
Another Game Idea
Hello Everyone,
Click on the video below for another game idea to bring into your playrooms with your lovely children.
Much love to everyone
Kate
Click on the video below for another game idea to bring into your playrooms with your lovely children.
Much love to everyone
Kate
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Sunday, June 7, 2009
Another Game idea
Child's motivation: logo's and tiny things.
Game
1. You photo copy a bunch of car logo's, TV logo's etc so that you can make them really really tiny.
2. Then you hide them around the room, eg sticking them on the table, on the window ledge, or on the floor.
3. You explain to your child that you have hidden really tiny logo's around the room and that you and her are going to find them together. Start the game by finding two first, so that she gets to see what she could find. For fun you can use a magnifying glass and wear detective hats:)
The idea is to have fun finding them together and stay in one interactive game as long as possible. If she goes to ism, join her, when you get a green light go back to the game again. (For those of you who are not sure what an ism is, or what joining is follow this link to one of our online video's that will explain it to you.)
http://www.autismtreatmentcenter.org/start
Alternative versions.
Put the tiny logo's in a book, and you and your child have to find the logo on each page. It's a bit like the book "Finding Wally" except you are finding logo's.
Hide the tiny logos on your body, for example you could stick one on your toe, or in your hair, and put one in your pocket.
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posted by Kate Wilde at
6:34 PM
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Friday, June 5, 2009
Game Idea
A Game to play with your child.
A new version of hot or cold.
Goal: To help your child read facile expressions of others.
Game:
1. Hide something of interest in the room you are working with your child. If your child likes sharks you could hide a picture of a shark, if your child likes rhymes and riddles you could hide a riddle, if your child likes Aliens you could hide an little Alien figurine. The idea is to think about what your child may be motivated to find.
2. Explain to your child that you have hidden something in the room ( name the thing you have hidden) and that he/she is to look at your face to see if he is near the thing or not.
2.When he is near the object you will nod your head and smile in encouragement, when he is moving away from the object you will shake your head and have a frown face on.
3.If you want him to freeze and not move you will just keep your head still and face neutral.
The bonus goal you get from this game is lengthening your child duration of eye contact.
Then you can have your child hide something for you and he/she has to nod and shake his head for you.
A new version of hot or cold.
Goal: To help your child read facile expressions of others.
Game:
1. Hide something of interest in the room you are working with your child. If your child likes sharks you could hide a picture of a shark, if your child likes rhymes and riddles you could hide a riddle, if your child likes Aliens you could hide an little Alien figurine. The idea is to think about what your child may be motivated to find.
2. Explain to your child that you have hidden something in the room ( name the thing you have hidden) and that he/she is to look at your face to see if he is near the thing or not.
2.When he is near the object you will nod your head and smile in encouragement, when he is moving away from the object you will shake your head and have a frown face on.
3.If you want him to freeze and not move you will just keep your head still and face neutral.
The bonus goal you get from this game is lengthening your child duration of eye contact.
Then you can have your child hide something for you and he/she has to nod and shake his head for you.
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posted by Kate Wilde at
6:01 AM
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