Playmobil City Life School Bus With Flashing Lights

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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 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. The lights at the front actually flash, and the bus door actually swings open like a school bus would. A-Man’s favorite part was saying hi to the bus driver because he pretended the bus driver was Papa! Once all the students were in the bus, A-Man had a blast driving the school bus around and yelling “beep beep!”

When buying partner items like this one, your contract of sale will be with our Range Plus Partner instead of us. He had the students wait at the bus stop, and then made the loud noises as the bus pulled up to the stop. My dad has been a school bus driver since I was in junior high, and my kids think that’s the coolest thing ever. 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.A-Man still uses a lot of scripting to communicate, so I couldn’t help but smile when he shouted “seatbelts, everyone!” With the modern school bus from PLAYMOBIL, even the ride to school becomes an experience. There is space for five figures in the vehicle. The rear doors can be opened. Thanks to the foldable ramp, the children's wheelchair can easily be pushed into the bus. To make the interior easier to play with, the roof of the driver's cab and the roof insert are removable. I loved that the PLAYMOBIL School Bus is so realistic that it made it easy for my son to really dive into imaginative play.

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. I was really impressed with the PLAYMOBIL toys that are high-quality and had such a strong attention to detail. 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. He got really excited that the PLAYMOBIL School Bus lights actually light up just like a real school bus. And if you’re working on teaching autistic children to ride the school bus, this is the post for you.With this social story, your autistic child will have a solid understanding of the entire process of riding the bus to school each morning. We had so much fun with this activity. A-Man loved playing with the bus and reading through the social story with us! 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. 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… And the play sets help to develop both cognitive and social/emotional skills, and I’ve found them really helpful for my autistic son.