Name of Activity: Humor Board

Type of modality / Craft- Humor
Type of play / Shared Cooperative
Interaction pattern / Intra-group
# of participants required / ≥1 person
Equipment/supplies / Large cork board, push pins, scissors, humor materials (ex. Humorous quotes, pictures, memes, one liners, comedians, etc.)
Facilities required/environment / Central area of facility
Precautions / When creating a humor board, it is important to make sure there is no content that offends anyone and that the content is also appropriate.

Sequence/Directions (Details of how a to move through the activity from start to finish)

  1. Select the location for the humor board (preferably a general meeting area so that people will walk by and read it).
  1. Lay out all of the possible content that would be posted on the wall. For example they should be items such as: funny quotes, memes, one liners, pictures, pictures ofcomedians, jokes,magic trick instructions, book suggestions, etc.
  1. As a group, go through each item and discuss if all of the content is appropriate/non-offensive. If there are items that do so, remove them from the pile.
  1. As a group, determine a final selection of materials that will go onto the final product of the board.
  1. Using scissors begin to cut and/or trim any excess paper or material from the selected humor content.
  1. Post the content carefully using the push pins. Using push pins will be useful so that when participates do this activity again, they can cleanly remove the old material and replace it with new material.
  1. Walk down to designated area to mount humor board for everyone to see and enjoy!

Activity Analysis (What is required of this activity without any adjustments, accommodations, alterations)

Category / Skills
Primary body position / Dynamic sitting & standing
Part of the body required / All body parts
Movement / Bending, grasping (scissor and pincer), putting down objects, reaching, releasing, standing, turning or twisting hands, walking short distances
Physical / Balance (dynamic standing and sitting), bilateral integration, crossing midline, gross muscle coordination, motor control, active range of motion (upper extremities) visual- motor integration
Cognitive / Arousal/alertness, focused attention, sharing attention, categorization, concept formation, simple decision making, initiation, insight, judgement, orientation (person), reading
Social / Conversation (starting, sustaining, and ending), handling criticism, heterogeneity, homogeneity, interpersonal interactions, maintain social space, relating with equals, regulating behavior
Perception / Auditory, visual
Communication/language / Reception to spoken language, reception to written language, expression of spoken language, expression of written language, producing body language
Self-care / N/A
Psychological/emotional (possible) / Joy of doing activity, anger if some humor content offends you, frustration if the group is disagreeing on a certain issue

SIMPLIFYING AND COMPLICATING THIS ACTIVITY:

Ways to SIMPLIFY demands / Ways to make more COMPLEX
Cognitively / Remove any written humor content. / Add jokes to the board that are cognitively harder to understand.
Physically / Do not have them walk down to the area to mount the board.
Have participants sitting down while preparing humor board / Have participants stand, stretch to the top of the board, actively engage in creating the board, walk back and forth to collect supplies from the table area to the humor board
Socially / Encourage only a friendly greeting during the activity.Have participants contribute items for the humor board and join in discussion groups and humor-sharing, only if they wish to. / Encourage them to share favorite humor through jokes to create similarities between them. Ask participant’s their opinion or different comedians and funny movies.

Other Comments:

An evening group called “Humor Night” could include the following items:

  • Bloopers, American Funniest Home Videos
  • A Lip Sync Competition
  • (Reader’s Digest Jokes Pick a joke category, pick someone to read it
  • A stand-up comedian routine (keep it clean!) such as Ellen DeGeneres
  • A comedy movie that everyone might enjoy.

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