Sasha from theautismhelper.com shows two inference games: "What Am I Doing?" with 24 cards describing actions kids guess, and "What Is It?" with food-related hints. Laminate the cards and use dry-erase markers to track scores and collect data in small groups.
Hi, this is Sasha from theautismhelper.com, and this is a product preview of Making Inferences: What Am I Doing? and What Is It? This packet includes 2 different games to work on making inferences. Obviously, the What Am I Doing? and What Is It?— they're 2 separate games. So the first one, What Am I Doing?, each game comes with 24 different playing cards. They also come with a label, a direction card, and a scorecard. So I kind of envisioned laminating this and then using a dry erase marker to write the students' initials in here and then scoring like points how many correct they get right here. This would also be a nice way to quickly take data if you're using this in a game setting in a small group. And if you're setting this up in a Tupperware or storing it in a Ziploc bag, you could tape this on the front. I always like to have nice labels that go with everything. Then the directions can go just with the cards, so if a group is working on this independently, they know how to play it. Each game comes with 24 different playing cards, and each card has a little bit of a hint and then to work on inferring the answer. So for "What am I doing?" here's an example of one card. I'm holding a pencil and making letters. What am I doing? Writing. So working on inferring from the hint and from the context what the answer is. This is a really important skill for children with autism and really all children to work on. I think just kids with autism need that direct training on it. Um, since the answer's on the card, you'd probably have you ask the kids or have peers ask each other, um, since the answer's on there obviously. So there's 24 different ones. And the next game is set up exactly the same. So this is "What Is It?" and this is with food is the theme of this game. So the same thing: a label, directions, and scorecard, and then all different hints based on inferring the food. So, "It is a small red fruit with green leaves on top. What is it?" A strawberry. So again, 24 different cards to work on inferring the food from the hint. I had one person mention that they had a hard time printing this because it was right on the edge. I actually didn't have any problems, but just when you're printing, make sure you check in the print setup that your margins aren't too small, or just print shrink to printable page, and that shouldn't be a problem. I haven't had any issues though printing it, just in case your printer might have a little bit of a different setup. I really love these games. We've had so much fun playing them lately, and I think I really see my kids improving and that they really like doing these, and it's such a good skill to be working on. And it can definitely tell that this is generalizing into their daily conversation. Again, this was a product preview of Making Inferences: What Am I Doing? and What Is It? For more tips, resources, and materials to help you help kids with autism, come to theautismhelper.com.
