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.
Our morning activity was conducting research for our Water Projects and playing Race Car Phonics. Race Car Phonics is great for auditory processing and comprehension skills, sequencing, phonological awareness, segmenting and blending, problem solving skills, math skills, turn taking skills, printing and fine motor skills. During the research process, students worked on language skills, spelling skills, writing skills, inferencing and abstract thinking, fine motor skills, and scientific vocabulary. During the team building we also had to use our social problem solving skills, multiplication skills, and time management skills in order to figure out how much time each student had to conduct their research.
Race Car Phonics
Research Projects
Before snack and recess today the boys had the opportunity to introduce themselves to a St. John's Ambulance therapy dog, Miller! She was a beautiful and friendly Bernese Mountain Dog.
In gym today we played Manhunt and then organized another fun soccer match. 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 slowing down our heart beats after a strenuous gym session. All of our friends were so attentive, focused, determined, and calm while working on their breathing, body awareness and body mapping, regulation, and flexibility.
This afternoon was our third swimming session! The boys and I were very excited and the boys did so well in the pool. Everyone followed our rules, worked with the pool staff, and remained regulated for the entire duration. We demonstrated teamwork, sportsmanship, motor planning, gross motor skills, proprioception skills, vestibular and bilateral movements, coordination, auditory processing skills, body and safety awareness.
Lastly, we went over our Zones of Regulation and discussed how we were feeling today. 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. Today I also added a writing component to our reflection where students had to write down their top three activities from the day, and then label them as being 'green', 'yellow', 'blue', or 'red' from the Zones of Regulation.
Have a great evening!
Mr. Jacob : )
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