As always, we began with some sensory dancing. Guided dancing and sensory circuits are both great activities to help regulate and demonstrate great body and muscle awareness, proprioceptive, vestibular and bilateral movements, fine and gross motor skills, motor planning, and auditory processing. There was a great Leap Year song that we absolutely loved to dance to today!
Here are the boys choosing you gets to go first, second, third, and fourth.
Mr. Evan was our teacher today and led the class through time (past, present, and future), calendar work (years, months, days, and weeks), emotions and feelings, morning greetings, and what we did on the weekend.
Checking to see what time it is.
After mornign circle we played a quick game of Lily Pad in ode to Leap Year Day.
Next, we played a fun auditory processing, oral communication, teamwork, and directional language game called, "Pin the Crown on the Frog".
In language arts today we had to write a letter to our 'future selves'. The boys wrote the date, their age, what they like, drew some pictures, and took some pictures showing Leap Year 2016. We sealed everything in an envelope, and now, we are going to wait until February 29, 2020 to open them up. This is a fun activity that involves writing, phonics, spelling, grammar, and math skills.
Monday, February 29, 2016!
In gym today everyone took a vote on what we should play. It was unanimous that we play "Party Pooper". It is a great game similar to dodge ball, and it utilizes auditory processing skills, fine and gross motor skills, bilateral, vestibular, and proprioceptive movements, motor planning, sportsmanship, and teamwork!
In Minute to Win It today the boys had to knead, pull, stretch, and roll play-doh into a pizza, and then use a toothpick to cut in into certain fractions. For example, they had to make a pizza with four slices (1/8 ths) and eight slices (1/12 ths). It was a lot of fun and utilized their fine motor skills, math skills (fractions and numeracy), and sportsmanship.
During social skills everyone did a great job working together to communicate, problem solve, and brainstorm ideas about healthy eating. We looked at the food pyramid and had to sort and organize various foods based on food groups that we learned today: fats, oils, and sugars; meat, poultry, seafood, beans, legumes; milk and dairy; fruits and vegetables; and grains, noodles, and rice. We then got to use celery, cream cheese, hummus, and alphabet cheese crackers and gold fishes to make a fun and delicious snack!
Sorting Food on our Food Pyramids
Snack Time
In the sensory gym we worked on our hand-eye coordination, teamwork, sportsmanship, motor planning, fine and gross motor skills, proprioception skills, vestibular and bilateral movements, math, time, and rhyming skills, and balance and coordination.
At the very end of the day we made our own personal frog puppets for Leap Year Day! A fun and creative activity using their fine motor skills.
Have a lovely evening gentlemen!
Mr. Jacob : )
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