Wednesday, February 10, 2016

Happy Wednesday Parents and Carers!

The day began like most days, Evan went off to his sensory circuit while the other three did some dancing! Guided dancing and a sensory circuit are both great activities to help regulate and demonstrate great body and muscle awareness, proprioceptive, vestibular and bilateral movements, fine and gross motor skills, motor planning, and auditory processing. We sure are becoming impressive dancers!

Mr. Avery was our teacher today and led the class through time (past, present, and future), calendar work (years, months, days, and weeks), emotions and feelings, and morning greetings. 

In language arts today we looked at and discussed what we would need, and need to do, in order to plan a pizza party. We discussed what is entails to order a pizza, cook a pizza, deliver a pizza, and prepare a pizza party. There was lots of great ideas, brainstorming, collaboration, social problem solving, and creativity throughout the session!

In math we continued to look at fractions using a fun pizza game! The boys had to build pizzas using different sized slices (i.e. fractions), as well as complete a fun fraction game using life like pizza slices with fractions written on them.

In gym today we again looked at soccer skills. The session began with a friendly competition between two teams. Each team had to search for and gather certain coloured pylons, i.e. green-yellow, and orange-red, as quick as possible. We then participated in a fun obstacle course where we utilized and practiced our passing skills, ball control, accuracy, speed, and shooting. 

During Minute to Win It the boys wanted to complete a Team Building activity from last week! Our friend Zachary was participating in a 1:1 session with Ms. Hope as the other three worked together to transport a ball without using touching it! 

In social skills we discussed healthy snacks and foods. We then got to create some cool 3-D "pictures'" and objects using our healthy foods to be creative and have some fun. A great way to learn about healthy snacks, and utilize our creativity and fine motor skills.

In the sensory gym we worked on our hand-eye coordination, teamwork, sportsmanship, motor planning, fine and gross motor skills, proprioception skills, vestibular and bilateral movements, math, time, and rhyming skills, and balance and coordination.

Have a great evening gentlemen and see you tomorrow!

Mr. Jacob : )

Tuesday, February 9, 2016

Happy Tuesday Parents and Carers!

The boys, Ms. Amber, and I started off the day stuffing our faces full of pancakes with the entire school! We had so much fun helping our houses eat a bunch of delicious pancakes! Mmmmmm

After our pancake eating contest we needed to burn off some energy and sugar! Evan went off to his sensory circuit while the other three did some dancing! Guided dancing and a sensory circuit are both great activities to help regulate and demonstrate great body and muscle awareness, proprioceptive, vestibular and bilateral movements, fine and gross motor skills, motor planning, and auditory processing.

Mr. Zachary was our teacher today and led the class through time (past, present, and future), calendar work (years, months, days, and weeks), emotions and feelings, and morning greetings.

In math today we looked a fractions using pizza! The boys had to build pizzas using different sized slices (i.e. fractions), as well as complete a fun fraction game using life like pizza slices with fractions written on them. It was a lot of fun and made us all hungry! Haha Everyone played so well together and there were no arguments the entire game! : )

In gym today we again looked at soccer skills. We participated in a fun obstacle course where we utilized and practiced our dribbling skills, ball control, accuracy, speed, and shooting.

Gymnastics was yet again a huge hit and success for everyone. The boys demonstrated excellent patience, listening skills, and movements in gymnastics today. We worked on our balance and coordination, proprioceptive, vestibular, and bilateral movements, sportsmanship, gross motor skills, and motor planning. We also got to spend some extra time on the slide, big trampoline, and foam pit!

Have a great evening and see you tomorrow gentlemen!

Mr. Jacob : )

Monday, February 8, 2016

Happy Monday Parents and Carers!



Unfortunately our dear friend Zachary was not at school today. We hope that he is feeling better and will be at school tomorrow for gymnastics!

We started off the week with some high energy activities- a sensory circuit obstacle course, and Go Noodle guided dancing.  Guided dancing and a sensory circuit are both great activities to help regulate and demonstrate great body and muscle awareness, proprioceptive, vestibular and bilateral movements, fine and gross motor skills, motor planning, and auditory processing.

Mr. Eric was our teacher today and led the class through time (past, present, and future), calendar work (years, months, days, and weeks), emotions and feelings, and morning greetings.

In math today we looked a fractions using pizza! The boys had to build pizzas using different sized slices (i.e. fractions), as well as complete a fun fraction game using life like pizza slices with fractions written on them. It was a lot of fun and made us all hungry! Haha

In gym this week we will be looking at soccer, and learn how to dribble, pass, shoot, and play with teammates! Today we went over dribbling and shooting with our friends from Ms. Andrea and Ms. Jessica's classes.

We had another new activity in Minute to Win It today. The boys had to use a straw, without using their hands, to pick up and put penne noodles in a cup. We worked on our concentration and focus, hand-eye coordination, proprioception skills, bilateral movements, fine and gross motor skills, math skills, time management, sportsmanship skills, and how to work through our emotions. It was a pretty tricky activity, but everyone stuck with it and did not give up! Great work gentlemen!

In social skills today we participated in a Team Building activity. The boys had to use giant floor mats and build a structure in 15 minutes or less! Next, we went to our friends' classes to see what they built, and how they compared and/or differed from our structure. 

In the sensory gym we worked on our hand-eye coordination, teamwork, sportsmanship, motor planning, fine and gross motor skills, proprioception skills, vestibular and bilateral movements, math, time, and rhyming skills, and balance and coordination.

Lastly, the boys wanted to play an old favourite, Bingo Bots! It is a great game that utilizes fine motor skills, turn taking, math skills, letter recognition, sportsmanship, and creativity.

Have a great evening and see you tomorrow!

Mr. Jacob : )