We began our Thursday with sensory diets, integration, ring toss, and the Art Reach program! Sensory diets are so important for regulation, auditory processing skills, teamwork, social skills, sportsmanship, motor planning, body mapping, sequencing, gross motor skills, proprioception skills, vestibular and bilateral movements, and balance and coordination. Play is also important for creativity, language arts and communication skills, 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.
Ring Toss
Play
Art Reach Program- working on social skills, visual spatial skills, fine motor skills, hand-eye coordination, attention to detail, following sequential instructions, creativity and abstract and symbolic thinking skills.
In Mindfulness today we practiced being calm, still, and focusing on our breathing and heart beat. All of our friends were so attentive, focused, determined, and calm while working on their breathing, body awareness and body mapping, regulation, and flexibility.
In the afternoon we worked on time management, past, present, and future, and what happens when over a period of one day, one week, one month, and one year! We also played a couple sensory (heavy lifting/core) word association games as a group.
Calendar and Time Work
Sensory Word Association Game
A much needed sensory break before our Christmas practice!
Before snack and recess we practiced our Christmas Play. Everyone remembered all of the dance moves and worked on timing and rhythm, gross motor skills, bilateral movements, auditory processing, and team work!
Our last activity of the day was choosing time. Play is so important for creativity, language arts and communication skills, mathematics skills, role-play and drama, fine motor skills, teamwork, life skills and social skills. All of our friends decided to make something for our dear friend Zachary who has been away all week. Here are some great photos of his friends thinking of him:
One of Zachary's favourites: LOL
Trains
LOL
A camera
Trump's Wall (now that calls for an LOL)!
Lastly, we went over our Zones of Regulation and used different coloured blocks to symbolize how our day was, and how different times of the day went. We also got to share our own ideas and thoughts on how our day went, and took turns saying one nice thing about our friends from today's work.
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 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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