Playmobil City Life School Bus With Flashing Lights

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The social story is written from the autistic child’s perspective and helps them to clearly see what to expect and what others expect from them during a social interaction. By working with a variety of trusted Range Plus Partners, we’re able to offer our customers a wider selection of products. And the play sets help to develop both cognitive and social/emotional skills, and I’ve found them really helpful for my autistic son.

And if you’re working on teaching autistic children to ride the school bus, this is the post for you. Kaylene George is an autistic self-advocate, author, and mother of five, including one autistic child. She realized her own autism as an adult shortly after her son received his initial diagnosis. Suddenly the parts of her that seemed so “weird” to society had an answer. Since then, Kaylene has passionately shared about her experiences with autism from both sides of the great divide between parents and autistic self-advocates on AutisticMama.com. Hover over the image above to get the PLAYMOBIL City Life School Bus from Walmart!) Teaching Autistic Children to Ride the School Bus for Safety

We got out our PLAYMOBIL School Bus and A-Man loved acting out some of the steps we had just learned about riding the bus!

In the “I Can Ride the Bus” social story we talk about how to handle these social interactions so that your autistic child knows what to expect and what is expected of them when riding the school bus. PLAYMOBIL brings you imaginative play sets focused around iconic figures from a variety of worlds, both realistic (like police, firemen, school buses etc.) and fantastical (like modern-day dinos). Waiting at a bus stop can be dangerous if children don’t understand the social norms of where to stand and how to act while waiting. A-Man’s favorite part was saying hi to the bus driver because he pretended the bus driver was Papa!There is a lot of social interaction involved with riding the school bus, from saying hello to the bus driver to letting a friend sit next to you. Off to school! The school bus takes all children on the way. The waiting children board via the folding ramp for wheelchairs at the rear doors or via the sliding door at the side. The roof of the school bus can be removed so that children and driver can easily take their seats. If more storage space for luggage is needed for special school trips, the school bus also has a trailer hitch.

The lights at the front actually flash, and the bus door actually swings open like a school bus would. When buying partner items like this one, your contract of sale will be with our Range Plus Partner instead of The Range. Once we read the social story, we used the PLAYMOBIL School Bus to act out how you would stand with your friends and wait for the school bus, and how you would line up to walk on. Once all the students were in the bus, A-Man had a blast driving the school bus around and yelling “beep beep!” I’m sure most of the kids would figure it out naturally, but I know that A-Man needs a lot of exposure before he can truly process how to do something.My dad has talked to the kids about letting them explore the school buses the next time we came into town and it got me thinking… My dad has been a school bus driver since I was in junior high, and my kids think that’s the coolest thing ever. When I’m looking for, or writing, social stories I make sure that they don’t frame natural autistic behaviors as bad, and we keep everything very positive. Keep collections to yourself or inspire other shoppers! Keep in mind that anyone can view public collections - they may also appear in recommendations and other places. He had the students wait at the bus stop, and then made the loud noises as the bus pulled up to the stop.

With this social story, your autistic child will have a solid understanding of the entire process of riding the bus to school each morning. Now, if you haven’t heard of it before, a social story is a social learning tool that helps parents, teachers, or therapists communicate with autistic children (or adults!) about social situations that they may face.He got really excited that the PLAYMOBIL School Bus lights actually light up just like a real school bus. Now if he starts to ride the school bus, or he goes for a ride with Papa, he knows what to expect and we can have a meltdown-free bus ride! Children can use the bus to transport Playmobil figures from school to home. Front and rear lights really work and there is plenty of seating for all 4 figures. Playmobil is the largest toy manufacturer in Germany. Figures can bend, sit, stand, and turn their heads. Includes bus, 4 figures, and other accessories. A-Man still uses a lot of scripting to communicate, so I couldn’t help but smile when he shouted “seatbelts, everyone!” We had so much fun with this activity. A-Man loved playing with the bus and reading through the social story with us!