Welcome to the After Party! Each week after the weekly blog featuring activities in the elementary department is posted, our sensory cart is parked in the media center where it is available for check out by the rest of the school.

 

 

 

 

 

Our first theme of the year was 1950’s!

 

 

 

 

 

 

We learned that Disney Land opened in the 1955.

This box contained lots of fun Disney themed items.

 

 

 

 

Heartbreak Hotel was a hit for Elvis in the 50’s.

The students made different sized hearts in red moons sand—-then broke them 🙂

 

 

 

 

We used a space blanket to stand in for the foil in old fashioned tv dinners.

This was a big hit with the students!

 

 

 

The students swirled shaving cream snow around Mount Everest.

They really enjoyed this.

 

 

 

Our NASA themed box contained a fun rocket ship.

Our scent of the week was pineapple—-in recognition of Hawaii’s statehood in 1959.

 

 

 

 

 

Our 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea water play had sea creatures and a small submarine.

There were lots of things to discover.

The giant squid was a hit!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Our next unit was all about Chocolate!

We had chocolate play dough and the chocolate cloud dough was fun to scoop.

Coffee bean stood in for cocoa beans.

 

 

 

The students sorted different kinds of pompom “candy”.

Cocoa powder turned our oobleck into a chocolate river.

Rinsing it off hands eventually turned our water play into a chocolate fountain!

 

 

 

 

Our next theme was a really fun one—-Movies we Love!

The students found the letter M in a box of popcorn kernels.

 

 

 

 

 

 

They had fun looking for their favorite characters in this box.

There were also some light up toys that were very popular.

 

 

 

 

We used bright green kinetic sand for our Peter Pan box.

A crocodile cookie cutter and Captain Hook figure were included.

 

 

 

 

Insta-Snow filled our Frozen themed box.

The students loved its cool texture.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Potato flakes stood in for sawdust in this circus box.

The Greatest Showman is a popular movie with some of our high school students.

 

 

 

Dory and Nemo could be found in water play this week.

The students were pretty intrigued with the wiggling fish!

 

 

 

Ruby slippers floated around a discovery bottle.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The students found our scent pretty enchanting this week—-we used Bath and Body Works Be Enchanted lotion!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The month finished with a fun unit about the country of Australia.

 

 

 

 

 

Our Great Barrier Reef umbrella was a hit with the students.

 

 

 

 

There was even a great white shark!

There were different fish to find and….

lots of laughs and giggles 🙂

 

 

 

 

 

Kinetic sand made for a great beach…….

complete with sea themed molds and stampers.

 

The students loved the different impressions they made in the sand.

 

 

 

 

This was a popular box.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Green and yellow paper shred, the colors of Australia, filled this box.

Symbols and items that might be used for a trip were also included.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

There were letter A’s to find in a box of yellow and green rice.

A map of the country was at the bottom of the box.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We represented Ayers Rock or Uluru with red moon sand.

There were snakes and lizards to count here.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shaving cream and cornstarch mixed together to make a meringue like substance that resembled a favorite Australian dessert….

…….pavlova.

 

 

 

 

 

Lake Hillier is a PINK lake that you can swim in!

There were pool noodle pieces, different size cups, and scoops.

 

 

 

A pink bowl gave our water a nice rosy hue.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

They were all pretty intrigued by the eucalyptus scented lotion!

 

 

 

 

 

 

In one of our high school classes, the students used voice output devices to answer questions about the book.