choose keyboard sound

Category cognitive
Population DD adult
Source original idea
Contributor Kathryn Stevenson
Materials / equipment picture cards
keyboard (with variety of sound options
Description of activity

place keyboard in front of resident. Demonstrate that it can make different sounds. Allow resident to play on keyboard. Show 2 picture cards of different instruments. Ask resident to point to the instrument, for which he/she would like to hear on the keyboard. Change the keyboard sound according to the picture selected. This is a good activity for non-verbal residents who have some cognitive understanding and are capable of making choices.

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