Description
Barrier games are a great way to incorporate many skills: expressive skills (giving directions), receptive skills (following directions), social skills, basic concepts, vocabulary, categorization, sentence formation, and storytelling.
Includes (in color and black & white):
Beach scene with 15 separate pictures
Treasure map scene with 13 separate pictures
Mermaid scene with 14 separate pictures
List of directions to give with each scene (targeting concepts below)
Target:
– Vocabulary: e.g. Put the sandcastle on the beach.
– Adjectives: e.g. colors, size
– Spatial concepts: e.g. on, in, under, below, next to, between
– Following multi-step directions
– Sequential directions: e.g. Before you put the ball in the water, put the sun in the sky.
– Social skills: e.g. Making eye contact to give/receive instructions and asking questions to clarify instructions.
How to play:
Laminate the scenes and pieces for each scene.
Give everyone playing a scene and set of pieces. Set up a barrier between players (e.g. file folder). One person (clinician or student) arranges all their pieces on the scene and then gives directions to other player(s) on where to place the items. The purpose of the game is to have matching scenes at the end.
You can put sticky tack on each piece so it will stick to the scene – or simply just place on the scene. Barrier games are also commonly played on a magnetic surface. You can play on cookie sheets and place pieces on a thin, sticky magnet if you wish.
YOU MAY ALSO BE INTERESTED IN THESE OTHER BARRIER GAMES:
Air & Space Themed Barrier Games
Animal Themed Barrier Games
Holiday Themed Barrier Games
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Bridget W –
My elementary students love the bright pictures! The pirate one was really fun – students had a blast being the teacher and giving each other directions. I also use the pieces in a sensory bin initially when we are reviewing vocabulary.