We began our day with integration, sensory diets, and Floortime (child-led 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. 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.
Here is Eric completing a journal entry about his weekend!
Today was our first morning together as an entire class without TAs since September! We talked about our weekend, science experiments, our upcoming spring concert, and then we decided to make a Pinata together out of recyclable materials. The boys used fine motor skills, abstract thinking, creativity, oral communication skills, team work, and problem solving skills. We also went over a multiplication question regarding the candy in the Pianta. The boys worked together to solve 12 divided by 3, and then 4 times 3.
Mr. Sander was our teacher today and went over months, weeks, dates, days, year, weather, time (past, present/now, future), and feelings. We also went around the group and used our communication skills to recall what we did over the sunny weekend!
In gym today we participated in a great soccer match, and then played scooter hand ball. Students had to work together and used their auditory processing skills, hand-eye coordination, teamwork, sportsmanship, motor planning, fine and gross motor skills, proprioception skills, vestibular and bilateral movements, and balance and coordination.
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.
After lunch we had some relation/regulation time before we got into two groups and had some fun with three water science experiments. The boys used social skills, team building skills, life skills, scientific language and problem solving skills, fine motor skills, math skills, inquiry and ideation, sequential thought, complex and abstract thinking skills, and two-way communication skills. All three experiments entailed friction, molecular compounds, water pressure, compression, and air pressure.
Here we are trying to figure out how to put a piece of paper towel under water without it getting wet.
Bending water with static electricity from a balloon!
Team work and problem solving.
We also spent a long time going over different options for our pet fish! The boys researched different fish, prices, aquariums, and food on the internet. Next, they had to use oral communication skills, math skills and problem solving to figure out all the costs and the best option.
Money skills, addition and multiplication skills.
Fine motor skills, abstract thinking and complex communication, problem solving skills, life skills, and math skills.
Lastly, we went over our Zones of Regulation and discussed how we were feeling today while enjoying the lovely weather! 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.
Have a great evening!
Mr. Jacob : )
REMINDER: This week we will only have Ms. D on Wednesday and Thursday. Next week will not have any TA support, but we are hoping to get two TAs within the first two weeks of May! Thank you for your cooperation.
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