Teaching matching of colors and shapes to children with autism
The other day I was supervising in a kindergarten providing EIBI for a child with autism. The child has been working om matching skills for quite some time, making good progress in matching objects and pictures. But in the areas of matching colors and shapes, the progress was really poor.
But now the teacher had found a great solution, modifying the motivational operations (MO) for matching colors and shapes. The teacher had created a simple board game where the squares had different colors. She had also purchased a blank dice and colored the sides. Maybe it´s possible to purchase this to. The child then rolled the dice, and was allowed to move to the next square with matching color, and a smarties was available when he reached the final square. This greatly increased the motivation for matching colors, and the progression was back on track.
It´s great to see all the creative solutions many teachers exhibit in providing EIBI. This solution also teaches board games, and turn taking! This may not be suitable for other children, but worked great for this child!
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