Parrty/ Game Ideas for 11 Yr Old Who Is a Delayed Learner

I got these off of eHow.com. I too have children with Special needs so I will be in your shoes soon enough. Good luck..
Freeze Dance
Physical games promote motor skills and provide kinesthetic therapy for children with special needs. Host a round of freeze dancing with children to get kids moving and practice listening skills. Play upbeat songs and instruct kids to dance however they wish while the song is on. When you press pause, kids must freeze in place for three seconds; any child who moves is eliminated. Start the music again. Continue eliminating players until one child is left. Play several rounds to give all children a chance to learn and understand the rules.

Party Mixer
Help build social skills with a mingling scavenger hunt. Print out several game sheets with various categories about people at the party. Some categories might be "birthday this month," "has two siblings" or "loves the same food as I." Give each child a game sheet and host a 10-minute mingling session in which children try to find other guests who fit in the categories on the sheet; some children with reading difficulties may need the assistance of an adult. After the mixer, the player who has correctly filled in the most categories wins a prize like a silly party hat or horn.

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Can they do things like pin the tail on something? Or drop clothespins from the back of a chair into a bowl or jar? Or "fish" with a magnet on a string (wooden clothespins have the metal bit on them that should be able to be picked up). Would they like to dance? Simon Says? Simon can say things like "Sing Happy Birthday" or "Give the birthday boy a hug" or "Shake your neighbor's hand".

Hang doughnuts on strings from a clothesline. Whoever eats their doughnut fastest - without using their hands - is the winner.

Pictionary - get two big white boards and dry erase markers and play a big game. Make up a bunch of cards with easy words on them

Happy birthday to your son!

K.
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My favorite is freeze dancing. You play music then turn the sound down quickly. and if some one moves they are taken out of the game. sort of like musical chairs without the chairs. it is realy fun for all ages. and for boys it is just moving around not just dancing. Hope you have fun. J.

I would do one of the Kid Concoction Projects. Flubber and Shake and Make Ice Cream are my son's favorites, or the baking soda volcanos. All their projects are fun and not at all expensive.

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Moon Sand, Silly Putty, Gak, Creepie Crawlers, Hover Crafts, Chia Pets, Squeeze Rockets and many more.All of our projects promote science, art, math, recycling and basic life skills.

Have fun!

What about all the old time games like:
Pin the tail on the donkey
London Bridge
Musical chairs
Three legged race
Also what about
singing the songs they all know and like.