For Black History Month we are taking a look at some of our local African American leaders. Our sensory groups explored boxes related to each of the people featured in the book. Our fine motor group made a banner and the language group made a yummy recipe!

 

 

 

 

SENSORY GROUP

Our sheriff, Walt McNeil, wears a gold star on his chest.

 

 

 

 

The students used two different sized star shaped cookie cutters to make stars out of gold kinetic sand.

Science access point: recognize the larger of two objects.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Doris Maloy is our county tax collector.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Since Ms. Maloy has to deal with numbers all day, we mixed numbers 1-5 with dollar sign and colorful pasta.

Math access point: associate quantities with number names.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The students got to pretend to be doctors like Dr. Friall who is the chief medical officer at one of our  hospitals.

 

 

 

 

 

We included some cute little patients and a variety of play medical instruments in this box.

Science access point: recognize a model of a real object.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Casanova Nurse is a meteorologist for a local TV station.

 

 

 

 

 

Weather related items filled this box, including a fan, rain stick, slinky rainbow…..

….craft foam sun flakes, and a thunder tube.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Science access point: recognize different types of weather conditions.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Coach Leonard Hamilton is leading FSU basketball to a winning season!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Students helped cheer on the team using colorful pom poms.

Science access point: distinguish between objects in motion and at rest.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dean Anthony Jones oversees the math and science department at TCC.

 

 

 

 

 

Oobleck is a science experiment to begin with but when we add bath crackles it become even cooler!

Science access point: track the movement of objects that are pushed or pulled.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Joy Bowen is on our school board. In her spare time, she likes to go fishing with her family!

 

 

 

 

 

Our little pond contained 3 fish that squirted water when squeezed. We also included a net and measuring cup for scooping fun.

Math access point: recognize differences in size of objects.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We chose Bath and Body Works cucumber melon scent this week.

 

 

 

 

 

The scent reminded us of foods that Chef Shac, a Chopped champion, might prepare.

Science access point: recognize one or more external body parts.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FINE MOTOR GROUP

Due to scheduling, we were only able to have one fine motor group this week. The students made a banner using photos of our local African American leaders.

First, the students identified the color of the yarn.

Science access point: identify objects by one observable property, such as color.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Then, they chose a hero and glued the name UNDERNEATH  their photo.

 

 

 

 

 

Math access point: recognize a movement that reflects a spatial relationship.

 

 

 

 

 

Next, they threaded their hero on to the banner using a big plastic needle attached to the green yarn.

 

 

 

 

 

Math access point: recognize the next step in a sequence of activities.

 

 

 

 

 

TA DA!!!

We are celebrating our local African American Leaders!

 

 

 

 

 

 

LANGUAGE GROUP

We made a recipe that we think Chef Shac would enjoy.  Since we learned that Chef Shac started cooking using Bahamian recipes, we found a healthy and tasty recipe we think can represent the islands.  Here’s the recipe we used:  Let’s Make Mango Salsa

We started out measuring the mangos. Since the recipe said to cut up 2 mangos, we wanted to measure it out to see how much that would be.  We found that it came out to 2 cups.  A student HELPED to PUT them in the bowl.

Math access point: associate quantities with number names.

 

 

 

 

Next, we found out how much a half of a chopped red pepper measured out to, which was 1 cup.  We PUT that in the bowl.

Math access point: recognize parts of whole objects.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

When it was time to measure out 2 tbsp of onion, our students had to indicate which measuring spoon was the tablespoon.  They were prompted to find the BIG one.

We measured out 2 tbsp of cilantro after that and PUT that into the bowl.

Math access point: recognize differences in size of objects.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

When it was time to measure out lime juice, our students HELPED squeeze our hand juicer.  Once we measured out the amount we needed for the recipe, each student got to try some lime juice.

 

 

 

They had to indicate whether it was SWEET or SOUR.  Our students did the same when measuring out the lemon juice.  We got some pretty great reactions 🙂

 

 

 

 

Finally, our students had to STIR up the ingredients.

They requested a plate, some salsa, and some chips.

 

 

 

 

Pretty yum!

 

 

Join us next time for more fun and learning—–Group by Group!

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