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Barrel of Monkeys Therapy Material
Barrel of Monkeys Therapy Material
CMD 584
11/27/17
Barrel of Monkeys
Rules
“Dump monkeys onto table. Pick up one monkey by an arm. Hook the other
arm through a second monkey's arm. Continue making a chain. Your turn is
over when a monkey is dropped."
Some students may need close-ended game. In this case, print out a
downloadable game board, and after every turn, the player rolls a die and
moves accordingly. The student may also move according to the number of
monkeys on the chain and the end of the turn.
Articulation/Core Phrases
Student will repeat the target(s) X number of times for each monkey in the chain at the end of the turn.
Social Language
Michelle Garcia-Winner’s Conversation Tree/Add-a-Thought.
https://www.socialthinking.com/Articles?name=Add-a-Thought-Teach-an-essential-conversation-skill
For each appropriate comment about the subject, students add a monkey to the conversation chain. In a
group, each participant uses a different color. If a student makes an unrelated comment, they will add a
monkey next to the chain.