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.
We started off our morning by going over our Zootopia skit for the Spring Concert. The boys used their characters- Chief Bogo (Carter), Nick (Avery), Judy (Ojani), Flash (Sander), and Otterton (Eric)- to practice our story. They all used two-way communication skills, listening skills, auditory and language processing and comprehension skills, social skills, team work, abstract thinking, problem solving, turn taking, oral communication, and drama.
Our next activity was Jeopardy Twister. This game worked on bilateral movements, crossing the midline, core strength, upper body strength, balance and coordination, body mapping and planning, gross motor skills, fine motor skills, visual spatial skills, turn taking, oral communication, categorization, classification, phonological awareness and phonics, auditory and language processing and comprehension skills, math skills, application skills, and social skills.
Here is Mr. Carter helping Mr. Jacob build some props for our play.
Mr. Carter was our teacher today and went over months, weeks, dates, days, year, weather, time (past, present/now, future), and feelings. This is a great opportunity to work on ideation and symbolism, abstract and complex communication, the passage of time, social and life skills, and communication skills.
In gym today we played our new version of Manhunt, and then another great 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 second 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 : )
HOMEWORK: Please bring in your Zootopia props and costumes for our daily practices!
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