We began our day with integration, sensory diets, ring toss, and play. Play is great for creativity, language arts and complex communication skills, abstract thinking, problem solving skills, inquiry and mathematics skills, role-play and drama, fine motor skills, teamwork, and social skills. Ring toss is a great tool to work on our fine and gross motor skills, visual spatial awareness, hand-eye coordination, accuracy, turn taking, sportsmanship, and math skills.
Here we are using our life skills, math skills, fine motor sills, problem solving skills, and reading skills to bake for the Tea Party this Thursday.
Freeze Dance- auditory processing, body awareness, mapping, and control, gross motor skills, creativity, and fun!
In gym class we started off by playing our Ghostbuster Awesomeness game, followed by Scooter Hand Ball. It was so much fun and everyone demonstrated teamwork, social skills, social problem solving skills, sportsmanship, motor planning, body mapping, sequencing, gross motor skills, proprioception skills, vestibular and bilateral movements, and balance and coordination.
Here is Mr. Eric and Mr. Jaden helping us set up for gym.
In Mindfulness today we went over two calming and deep breathing yoga videos. All of our friends were so attentive, focused, determined, and calm while working on their breathing, body awareness and body mapping and flexibility.
In the afternoon we got together as a whole school to make Christmas cards and decorations for Thursday's Tea party. Everyone displayed fine motor skills, creative art skills, bilateral movements, turn taking, abstract thinking, symbolic thought, and two way communication with varying levels of support.
For our last activity of the day two friends wanted to participate in Finish the Picture, which utilizes creativity, visual spatial skills, fine motor skills, abstract and symbolic thinking, and artistic skills. Another friend wanted to continue working on his Ghost Train, while the fourth friend used his artistic and math skills to make snow flakes!
Have a great evening everyone! : )
HOMEWORK:
To go over some of our favourite items/toys/clothes/photos/etc. and take a photo of them, develop the photos (Walmart has instant printing for 10 cents a photo), put them in a scrap book, and then write the date and year you got them, why, from where, from who, what it is, etc. During our Show & Tell all of us are having difficulties putting a specific place and time on our objects. Keeping a scrap book (journal log) of our items, toys, and memories will help us make connections, links, and begin to comprehend time and make the connections between past, present, and future events in our lives. This should be an ongoing project for the remainder of the year and then can continue on throughout the following years as well! Have fun with it and get creative!
Spend 15 minutes reading a book of your child's choice, a cartoon, instructions, recipe, comic strip, etc. Make reading fun, engaging, an adventure, and not a boring chore. You can also have your child create their own picture story book using the 5-Finger Retell Model.
Work on money and time skills at home and out in the community. Have your child make their own shop, store, etc. at home using real items/foods. Price out items, look online for comparable prices, and then use real money (5 cents to 2 dollar coins) to make specific amounts, for example, have your child show you how to make $1.80 out of nickels, dimes, and quarters.
Mr. Jacob : )
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