Blow it

This stall mainly focused on blowing, which many children enjoy. With that concept in mind, we planned the stall to include blowing candles and bubbles.

Activity:

• To win the activity, the participants had to complete three steps.
• 1st step - Blowing 6 candles
• Step down or modification - Blowing 2 candles.
• 2nd step – Blowing of bubbles using water which was mixed with shampoo.
• 3rd step – Blowing of 12 candles
• Step down or modification – Blowing of 6 candles.
• After finishing each step, the child was given a reward. The complexity of the activity was reduced according to the child's level of skill. The attempt to engage in the task was appreciated.
• The children appeared to enjoy the game as they were rewarded at the end of each task. Almost all the participants tried to finish the game in-line with their ability.

Our Farm House

This stall focused on engaging typically developing children and children with cerebral palsy to engage in social interaction,

Choice - making, taking turns and in role play activities.

Characters – cow, cat, dog, duck, hen with a decoration of a nest, farmer (acted out by a student)

Equipment –

•  structures of the target animals
• Audio recorded target animal sounds and related songs
• Target animal face masks for the children and for the students

Procedure :

• First we greeted the children and invited them to look at the stall and to comment on it
• Then we asked them which character they were interested in and asked each participant to imitate the animal sounds
• We gave the participant a face mask and the student clinicians also wore similar face masks and conducted role play activities
• We simultaneously put the audio recorded animal sounds and related songs

Luck by Chance

Activity:

There was a picture which we rotated when the participant hit it with a ball. The child was then given a chance to name, sign or look at a target picture that he/she was shown, which will take the participant to the next step. This was to try the lucky circle and win prizes.

This activity was designed for typically developing children and children or adults with cerebral palsy and/or other developmental disorders.

Procedure:

• First the child/ adult was greeted and welcomed to the stall. We had a brief conversation with the child on his/her name, class etc.
• We gave him/her the instructions on how to play the game.
• A target picture was changed for children and adult participants according to their mode and level of expressive language/communication skills.

e.g. Picture description, pictures with a single object, adult appropriate pictures to suit children and adults

• The participants were encouraged to name the picture verbally or non-verbally using a gesture, sign etc.
• The children/ adults with cerebral palsy, developmental delays or disorders were helped to throw the ball and facilitated through phonemic, semantic, gestural cues and given choices when they attempted to name the target picture.
• Participants were praised and given the chance to win prizes from the 'lucky circle'.
• The child/adult was asked to make his/her choice from among the prizes before he/she turned the 'lucky circle'.

Strawberry

Choice making was the theme of the strawberry stall. We used three fruits which were strawberries, grapes and oranges for choice-making. Each fruit had its equivalent flavored jelly packets. The participants were provided large models of the target fruits. The participants were expected to select the fruit that they like by throwing a ball to hit their choice (one of the large model fruit) or by eye-pointing to their choice. The participants were given a flavored jelly packet when they made their choice.