<p> Scrabble</p><p>Type of modality Active, mentally challenging Board Game</p><p>Type of play Shared cooperative</p><p>Interaction pattern Multilateral</p><p># of participants required At least 2 players but no more than 4</p><p>Equipment/supplies Game board Letter Tiles Letter Pouch Tile Racks Facilities required/environment An open table or an open area on a floor</p><p>Precautions Play in a clean area so pieces don’t get lost or confused with other objects also a Choking hazard</p><p>Sequence/Directions (Details of how a to move through the activity from start to finish) this can be less than ten steps of more than ten steps…</p><p>1. Set the game board and other pieces up on the surface you choose to play</p><p>2. Player 1 picks one letter tile from the letter bag followed by player 2 doing the same. Whoever has the letter tile closest to the letter ‘A’ goes first</p><p>3. Replace the two letter tiles and then each player picks 7 letter tiles to place on their letter rack for game play</p><p>4. Player 1 then formulates a word while using his/her letter tiles from their rack. Once a word is formed the word can be placed on the board starting with a letter being on the middle square on the board. A word can only be placed on the board either across to the right of down. Diagonal and backward words are not allowed.</p><p>5. To complete the turn, Player one must count how many points received (per squares on the board) and draw as many letters used for that turn out of the letter bag to replace them. You should continually have 7 letters on your tile rack.</p><p>6. Player 2 then repeats the process as listed above.</p><p>7. Player 2’s tiles that are being played on the board have to combine with at least one of the tiles that have previously been placed on the board. If one or more tiles connect they must form to make a word. The player gets credit for each new word that is formed</p><p>1 8. Other players may challenge any of the words you make, so have one dictionary ready for game play</p><p>9. Process is repeated until all tiles are used</p><p>Activity Analysis (What is required of this activity without any adjustments, accommodations, alterations)</p><p>Category Skills Primary body position Dynamic Sitting</p><p>Part of the body required Mainly upper extremities</p><p>Movement Carrying in the hands, Scissor Grasp, Radial-Digital Grasp, Pincer Grasp, Picking Up, Putting down objects, Reaching, Releasing, Stretching, Turning or twisting hands and arms Physical Balance (dynamic sitting), Crossing midline, Fine muscle coordination, Range of motion (upper extremities), Visual- motor integration Cognitive Arousal/alertness, Sustaining Attention, Calculation, Categorization, Cognitive flexibility, concept formulation, concentration, Decision making (simple), Intellectual Knowledge, Memory (long term), orientation (person), Organization and planning, Problem Solving (simple), Reading, Recognition (number & shapes), Sequencing, Spelling, Strategy Social Heterogeneity, Homogeneity, maintaining social space, relating with equals, regulating behavior, relationships (forming), social conduct, social cues, showing respect & warmth, Showing tolerance Perception Auditory, Tactile, Visual</p><p>Communication/language Reception to spoken language, reception to written language, expression of spoken language Self-care N/A</p><p>Psychological/emotional (possible) Joy of winner, guilt of cheating, frustration of losing</p><p>SIMPLIFYING AND COMPLICATING THIS ACTIVITY:</p><p>Ways to SIMPLIFY demands Ways to make more COMPLEX Increase number of tiles/letters Use more complex words (do Cognitively a person can take so they have not allow words that are less more letters to select from. than four letters.) 2 Decrease the number of game Make person stretch to reach Physically pieces. Have a spinning board, board, play standing. bring bag of tiles closer, have someone assist placing letters</p><p>Have all players help each Increase the number of Socially other/eliminate competition participants to 4 players or make teams. Teams can make it more complex as members have to agree with choice</p><p>3</p>