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Apr12

Color

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Color

Distance learning continues and we hope everyone out there is doing ok. Our SLP, OT, and PT have some more fun activities for you. This week we are going with a COLORFUL theme!

Once again we pulled some photos from our library 🙂

 

 

 

 

 

 

SENSORY

Let’s make OOBLECK!

This is a pretty messy activity so you might want to go outside for this one. Where ever you choose to do this, definitely have a basin of water, hose, or sink nearby! It you follow our blog regularly you know that oobleck is one of our favorite sensory experiences and SO easy to make at home—-all you need is cornstarch and water!

Mix 2 parts cornstarch and 1 part water and pour onto a cookie sheet. Put a few drops of food coloring on one side and a few drops of another color on the other side. Let your child dive right in with BOTH hands! Talk about the colors they SEE and watch the oobleck change colors as the food coloring swirls and mixes together.

So much fun 🙂

 

 

 

GROSS MOTOR

To address gross motor skills, make up some games to play to work on color identification and incorporate motor movements.  For example, you could place different colored pieces of construction paper or objects on the floor and ask your child to go pick up a certain colored piece of paper/object and bring it to you.

Have them change the way they travel to the colored paper/object.  For example, use movements like crawl, crab walk, bear crawl, hop like a bunny or frog, log roll, walk backwards, side step, etc.

The skill could also be worked on while sitting, by presenting two choices and having your child reach for a requested color.  This could be done in supported sitting or independent sitting.  You can make it even trickier by moving the choices around (up, down, out to the side, forward, etc.) or having them reach with a certain hand.  Hopefully that gives you a few simple ideas to try.

Enjoy!

 

 

 

FINE MOTOR

We saw this idea on Pinterest and we were totally inspired! You will need a black permanent marker, regular kids’ markers, and a paper towel folded in HALF. We found that the cheaper paper towels work best! You will also need a cookie sheet with a layer of water. This activity gets a little messy so you may want to go outside for this one too 🙂

For students who need help using or are learning to use classroom tools: draw an outline their initials or name in block letters with the BLACK permanent marker. Go over the outline a few times!

For students that are more proficient writers: have them draw a word of choice.

 

 

 

OPEN the towel up—you will see a faint outline of the design that was drawn on top.

Use DIFFERENT colored markers to FILL IN color each letter on the bottom half of the towel.

If your child can’t do fill in coloring, just have them add color to the bottom half of the towel—the end product will be great either way!

 

 

 

 

 

Once you have finished coloring, fold the top back over and place the paper towel on the water—–and watch the magic happen!

The colors will bleed from the bottom sheet onto the top sheet—-HOW COOL IS THAT 🙂

 

 

LANGUAGE

You can download this simple color board to point to the different colors that you are targeting.  Here’s the link:  color board

Some fun activities to incorporate color:

  • Pick out one color and go around the house to find different things that are the same color.  You can take the color board with you around the house and point to the targeted color as a reminder.  You can also use the board to show your child if what they found matches the targeted color or not.
  • If you have an ice cube tray, you can make colorful ice cubes by freezing water mixed with food coloring.  You can put them in a glass of water and watch the water change color.  You can also put 2 different colors of ice cubes in the water and see what new color it will make.  Try yellow+blue, blue+red, and red+yellow 🙂

 

 

 

LITERACY

We recommend reaching this book from April 2018: Look At The Colors Of The Rainbow

Here is another book from February 2016: The World is Full of Color

 

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Apr4

Take a Walk Outside

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Take a Walk Outside

As schools are closed for the next few weeks, we are going to do a series of posts with ideas for our parents at home. Since our students aren’t here we are just pulling archived photos—which is kind of fun actually 🙂

This week our activities are centered on taking a walk outside in your backyard!

 

 

 

SENSORY:

What can you HEAR, SEE, SMELL? Does it FEEL different to walk/ride over bumps in the grass/sidewalk, go fast/slow? Are there things to TOUCH?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GROSS MOTOR:

For students whom walk, take advantage of what your surroundings provide you with.  Practice walking on and transitioning different surfaces, such as grass, mulch, gravel, sand, etc.  Also, practice walking up/down hills, curbs, stairs, ramps, etc.  Walk in areas where the student has to step over or around objects in their path of travel, such as water hoses, tree roots, etc.

For students whom self propel their wheelchairs, have them push on different surfaces or inclines/declines/ramps.  Have them turn their wheelchair in a requested direction or weave around objects in their path of travel.

Hopefully this will provide you with some good ideas.  Make sure you provide as much assistance and/or supervision as needed to ensure student safety.  Most of all have fun and enjoy your walk together.  The weather has been great.

 

 

FINE MOTOR: 

For students who need assistance with classroom tools, draw a simple picture of something you saw outside (ex. tree or house) and have them color it. If you have to help them hold the utensil that is okay, but encourage them to move their arms themselves. Markers may be easier for them to use (less friction/brighter colors)and remember the writing surface can be placed vertically.

 

For students learning to use classroom tools, ask them to draw a picture of something they saw outside. For example, you can model a square house step by step to encourage visual copy skills. Using verbal prompts such as DOWN and ACROSS lines can be helpful. You could also add start/endpoint dots for the lines.

 

 

For students learning to write, ask them to write a sentence about what they saw. Give them a model to copy if they need it. Sometimes, using a highlighter to emphasize the top and bottom lines of the paper can be helpful.

 

 

 

 

 

LANGUAGE: Practice core vocabulary words HELP/STOP/GO. Do you need HELP to get ready? Do you want to GO? Do you want to STOP here?  Talk about what you SEE (“I see a BIG house” or “I see a LITTLE bug”).

 

 

 

Ask them to find different things like a leaf, a stick, a car.  Talk about the weather and if it’s SUNNY or CLOUDY.

 

 

 

 

 

LITERACY: we suggest reading our book from 4/1/2018— Let_s Go To The Park 

 

So this is our new normal! Join us again next time for more fun and learning—-Group by Group!

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Mar15

Light and Sound

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Light and Sound

This week our theme complements the monthly Unique Curriculum unit for our students. The sensory group explored boxes filled with light or sound. The fine motor groups made thematic crafts and the language group did some light and sound experiments!

 

 

 

 

SENSORY GROUP

Our space blanket was both  reflective and also made LOTS of noise as it was moved around.

 

 

 

 

 

The students had a blast!

Science access point: recognize that pushing or pulling makes an object move.

 

 

 

 

 

 

More photos because this was so much FUN!!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Colorful pasta was not only eye catching but noisy, as hands pushed through to find letters L and S.

 

 

 

 

 

 

We used regular pasta, tri-colored pasta, and pasta of different different shapes that we dyed ourselves.

Science access point: match objects with similar observable properties, such as size, shape, color, or texture.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Our light box was made by hot gluing cut up plastic notebook dividers to the sides of a shoebox and then adding lights.

 

 

 

 

 

It really looked cool—–especially when we turned the overhead lights off.

Science access point: recognize a source of light energy.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We thought it would be fun to put some bubble wrap sheets in one of our boxes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The students had fun pinching or squeezing the bubbles to make them POP!

Science access point: apply a push to move an object.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

There were all sorts of LIGHT producing toys in this box.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Some of them could just be turned on but others needed to be moved to activate the lights—-so fun!

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This box contained a variety of SOUND producing toys including an accordion tube, shaker bottle, and a variety of musical instruments.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The students really had fun making noise 🙂

Science access point: recognize and respond to sounds.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We added pop rocks to our oobleck this week!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Noisy, messy play—-always a hit!

Science access point: track objects in motion.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A water wheel toy made our water noisy.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Watching the wheel spin and splash water was really fascinating!

Science access point: recognize the change in the motion of an object.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It was hard finding a scent to work with our theme this week but we dug through our stash of lotion and found one called Hello Sunshine which seemed a perfect fit—-the sun brings us light after all 🙂

 

 

 

It was a nice sweet scent that the students all liked.

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Since we were doing a unit on sound we HAD to bring out our big strips of bubble wrap to roll or run over!

As always, so many smiles!

 

 

 

 

 

Science access point: apply a push to move an object.

 

 

 

 

 

 

FINE MOTOR GROUP

On Tuesday we made sun catchers!

First, the students identified a circle.

Math access point: recognize a common object with two-dimensional shape.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Next, they began tearing yellow or orange tissue paper into small pieces.

Science access point: recognize a change in the external appearance of an object.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The tissue paper pieces were placed on clear contact paper.

Math access point: recognize when an object is added to a situation.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TA DA!!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Look at our sun catchers!

Let the sunshine in!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On Wednesday, the students made shaker bottles.

First, the students identified a rectangle.

Math access point: recognize object with two-dimensional shapes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Then, they used crayons to decorate a piece of paper.

When done, the decorated piece of paper was taped around a plastic bottle.

 

 

 

 

 

Science access point: recognize a change in the external appearance of an object.

 

 

 

 

 

They put a funnel in their bottle and poured some beads into it! The students loved watching the beads drop down.

It was also a great opportunity to practice using BOTH hands!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Science access point: track objects that fall to the ground.

Next, they added 3 jingle bells.

Math access point: associate quantities with number names.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

An adult hot glued the cap on to the bottle and……

 

 

 

 

 

 

TA DA!!!

Shake, shake, shake, that bottle—-of course we sang along 🙂

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LANGUAGE GROUP

We had some fun with light and sound experiments today!

Our first experiment involved us using sun sensitive paper (purchased from Oriental Trading).  To use this, you put something on top of the paper, like a leaf or a cutout of a shape, and place them in the sun.  The sun paper should change in color so that you can see the shape of whatever you placed on top of it.

We started out by each student choosing a cutout of an object that they liked out of a field of 2 cutouts.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Once everyone chose their cutout, each person made a prediction about if they thought this experiment would work or not.

All but one student made the prediction that YES, it would work.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We walked outside and found a bright and sunny place to put our papers.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

While we were waiting for the paper, we played a sound game. Each student had a chance to take out one thing from a bag of small objects.

Once they picked their object, they had to drop it into a tin container.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

They had to indicate whether the object was LOUD when it was dropped in the container or if it was QUIET.  If it was loud, students used a sentence strip to indicate “I hear it”.  If it was quiet, students used a sentence strip to indicate “I don’t hear it”.  We had different objects like cotton balls, feathers, toy cars, and plastic animals.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

When our sound game was over, we checked out the sun paper to see if it had changed color.  It worked!  The directions said to put the paper in some water for a minute and then lay it out to dry.

These turned out really cool!

 

 

 

 

 

 

We are getting ready to go on a bit of an extended spring break but be sure to join us again next time for more fun and learning—–Group by Group!

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Mar8

Our Favorite Books

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We are celebrating National Read Across America which was on March 2 by talking about some of our favorite books! The sensory groups explored boxes related to different books. The fine motor groups made projects based on book characters and the language group made a tasty book themed treat!

 

 

 

 

 

SENSORY GROUP

National Read Across America is also known as Dr. Seuss Day, so a Cat in the Hat box was a must this week!

 

 

 

 

The students sorted red and white (the colors of the cat’s hat) pom poms.

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pete the Cat is another favorite cat around here!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cookie cutter letters C A T and a cat shaped cookie cutter were used in blue moon sand.

Science access point: apply a push to move an object.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This book themed box contained a variety of items to discover and explore such as a “Harry Potter” wand, truffula tree top (aka a cheerleader pompom), and a Goodnight Moon bunny.

 

 

 

 

We recorded a musical version of the Chicka Chicka Boom Boom story on a voice output and the students loved it but….

……the wand was the BIG hit!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Language access point: identify characters or objects in familiar stories.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Our colorful butterfly and caterpillar pasta was very eye catching.

 

 

 

 

 

 

There were 2 sparkly butterflies—–and one very hungry caterpillar 🙂

Math access point: recognize two objects that are identical to each other.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Charlotte’s web was made using silver garland.

 

 

 

 

 

 

We included 3 fluffy spiders. One of them vibrated after a string was pulled—so much fun!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Math access point: recognize objects that are the same size or color.

 

 

 

 

 

The students gave Aslan the lion (from The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe) a fluffy shaving cream mane.

 

 

 

 

 

The students mixed in the yellow food coloring.

Science access point: recognize that pushing and pulling an object makes it move.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Rainbow fish inspired our water play this week. We used Crayola bath drops to make the water really colorful and very eye catching!

 

 

 

 

There were lots of colorful fish and a funnel.

Science access point: track objects in motion.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bath and Body Works hot cocoa scented lotion had a really yummy aroma.

 

 

 

 

 

Definitely Willy Wonka approved!

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FINE MOTOR GROUP

On Tuesday, we channeled Harold and the Purple Crayon!

First, the students identified the color PURPLE.

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Then, they drew their own purple masterpieces. For our students, the vibrant visual feedback and low friction make markers easier to use than crayons.

 

 

 

Some of the students used a switch to access their drawing tools.

Science access point: recognize that pushing and pulling an object makes it move.

 

 

 

 

 

TA DA!!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

See what we made………..with our purple markers!

 

 

 

 

On Wednesday, the students made Charlotte’s Web! We got this idea from Pinterest.

First, the students glued 3 words on their web.

Math access point: associate quantities with number names.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Next, they cut lengths of yarn and began winding it around the paper plate webs.

We precut notches in the plates to make things easier for the students.

 

 

 

 

Math access point: solve problems involving small quantities of actions using language, such as enough, took much, or more.

 

 

 

 

 

We added a little spider.

Math access point: match one object to a designated space to show one-to-one correspondence.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TA DA!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

It’s Charlotte’s Web!

Radiant!!!!!!!!       Fun!!!!!!!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stupendous!!!!!!!

 

 

 

 

 

LANGUAGE GROUP

We made a treat that we think even Willy Wonka would enjoy!  Here is the recipe that we made: Let’s Make Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Mousse

We started by measuring out some heavy whipping cream.  We needed 1 1/2 cups so the student who HELPED had to LOOK at the measuring cup and indicate whether we needed MORE or we were ALL DONE measuring it out.  Then they poured it in the bowl.

Math access point: solve problems involving small quantities of objects or actions using language, such as enough, too much, or more.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We had a few students HELP with the mixer using the wireless switch.

It’s so fun to watch our students who get all excited when they realize that they are the ones turning the mixer on 🙂

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

While we were mixing, we observed to see whether the whipping cream was THICK or THIN.  When it thickened up, we added some powdered sugar.

 

 

 

Our students had to indicate the 1/4 measuring cup by showing us the LITTLE measuring cup.

Math access point: recognize similarities and differences in size of common objects.

 

 

 

 

 

 

We used a new cooking tool this week: a sifter.  A student HELPED sift the cocoa powder into the bowl.  They seemed to like seeing the cocoa powder being PUT in the top and coming out the bottom.

 

Science access point: track objects in motion.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We used the mixer again to mix it all up and the mousse formed pretty quickly.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We counted out cups for each student.  They requested some mousse and then we added some toppings.

 

 

 

 

Each student got just a little bit of whipped cream.  They had to request MORE or indicate that they were ALL DONE.  We did the same with the strawberries.

 

 

 

 

 

This was a great chocolatey treat!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

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Mar8

Our Favorite Books

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We are celebrating National Read Across America which was on March 2 by talking about some of our favorite books! The sensory groups explored boxes related to different books. The fine motor groups made projects based on book characters and the language group made a tasty book themed treat!

 

 

 

 

 

SENSORY GROUP

National Read Across America is also known as Dr. Seuss Day, so a Cat in the Hat box was a must this week!

 

 

 

 

The students sorted red and white (the colors of the cat’s hat) pom poms.

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pete the Cat is another favorite cat around here!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cookie cutter letters C A T and a cat shaped cookie cutter were used in blue moon sand.

Science access point: apply a push to move an object.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This book themed box contained a variety of items to discover and explore such as a “Harry Potter” wand, truffula tree top (aka a cheerleader pompom), and a Goodnight Moon bunny.

 

 

 

 

We recorded a musical version of the Chicka Chicka Boom Boom story on a voice output and the students loved it but….

……the wand was the BIG hit!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Language access point: identify characters or objects in familiar stories.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Our colorful butterfly and caterpillar pasta was very eye catching.

 

 

 

 

 

 

There were 2 sparkly butterflies—–and one very hungry caterpillar 🙂

Math access point: recognize two objects that are identical to each other.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Charlotte’s web was made using silver garland.

 

 

 

 

 

 

We included 3 fluffy spiders. One of them vibrated after a string was pulled—so much fun!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Math access point: recognize objects that are the same size or color.

 

 

 

 

 

The students gave Aslan the lion (from The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe) a fluffy shaving cream mane.

 

 

 

 

 

The students mixed in the yellow food coloring.

Science access point: recognize that pushing and pulling an object makes it move.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Rainbow fish inspired our water play this week. We used Crayola bath drops to make the water really colorful and very eye catching!

 

 

 

 

There were lots of colorful fish and a funnel.

Science access point: track objects in motion.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bath and Body Works hot cocoa scented lotion had a really yummy aroma.

 

 

 

 

 

Definitely Willy Wonka approved!

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FINE MOTOR GROUP

On Tuesday, we channeled Harold and the Purple Crayon!

First, the students identified the color PURPLE.

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Then, they drew their own purple masterpieces. For our students, the vibrant visual feedback and low friction make markers easier to use than crayons.

 

 

 

Some of the students used a switch to access their drawing tools.

Science access point: recognize that pushing and pulling an object makes it move.

 

 

 

 

 

TA DA!!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

See what we made………..with our purple markers!

 

 

 

 

On Wednesday, the students made Charlotte’s Web! We got this idea from Pinterest.

First, the students glued 3 words on their web.

Math access point: associate quantities with number names.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Next, they cut lengths of yarn and began winding it around the paper plate webs.

We precut notches in the plates to make things easier for the students.

 

 

 

 

Math access point: solve problems involving small quantities of actions using language, such as enough, took much, or more.

 

 

 

 

 

We added a little spider.

Math access point: match one object to a designated space to show one-to-one correspondence.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TA DA!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

It’s Charlotte’s Web!

Radiant!!!!!!!!       Fun!!!!!!!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stupendous!!!!!!!

 

 

 

 

 

LANGUAGE GROUP

We made a treat that we think even Willy Wonka would enjoy!  Here is the recipe that we made: Let’s Make Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Mousse

We started by measuring out some heavy whipping cream.  We needed 1 1/2 cups so the student who HELPED had to LOOK at the measuring cup and indicate whether we needed MORE or we were ALL DONE measuring it out.  Then they poured it in the bowl.

Math access point: solve problems involving small quantities of objects or actions using language, such as enough, too much, or more.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We had a few students HELP with the mixer using the wireless switch.

It’s so fun to watch our students who get all excited when they realize that they are the ones turning the mixer on 🙂

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

While we were mixing, we observed to see whether the whipping cream was THICK or THIN.  When it thickened up, we added some powdered sugar.

 

 

 

Our students had to indicate the 1/4 measuring cup by showing us the LITTLE measuring cup.

Math access point: recognize similarities and differences in size of common objects.

 

 

 

 

 

 

We used a new cooking tool this week: a sifter.  A student HELPED sift the cocoa powder into the bowl.  They seemed to like seeing the cocoa powder being PUT in the top and coming out the bottom.

 

Science access point: track objects in motion.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We used the mixer again to mix it all up and the mousse formed pretty quickly.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We counted out cups for each student.  They requested some mousse and then we added some toppings.

 

 

 

 

Each student got just a little bit of whipped cream.  They had to request MORE or indicate that they were ALL DONE.  We did the same with the strawberries.

 

 

 

 

 

This was a great chocolatey treat!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

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Mar1

Greece

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Greece

One of our families recently took a trip to Greece—–how cool is that! Our sensory groups explored boxes related to Greek history and culture. The fine motor groups practiced cutting skills while making their art projects. The language group celebrated Apokries, a Greek carnival, by having a parade and street dance!

 

 

 

 

SENSORY GROUP

The ancient Greeks gave us zodiac constellations, some of which could be found on our starry night sky umbrella.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The twinkling lights, dangling planets, and colorful pictures were all so eye catching!

 

 

 

 

 

Science access point: recognize a space related object.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Touring ancient Greek ruins is a must for any tourist!

 

 

 

 

 

The students made their own buildings using some wooden blocks. We also included a small rake so they could look for any hidden ancient relics!

Science access point: recognize that pushing or pulling makes an object move.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blue and white are the colors of the Greek flag.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beads, whether worn, grabbed by handfuls, or sorted—-so much fun!

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The ancient Greeks invented the Olympic games!

The students twisted colorful chenille stems into olympic rings—–or other pretty inventive sculptures 🙂

 

 

 

 

Science access point: recognize that pushing and pulling an object makes it move.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Letter G’s could be found in blue and white rice.

 

 

 

 

 

 

There was a map of the Greek islands at the bottom of the box.

Science access point: match objects with similar observable properties, such as shape.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This box contained symbols of Greece, including an owl, laurel leaves, and foods grown there. We also put in some things that you might need while touring around—-such as a backpack, sunglasses, and camera.

 

 

 

 

There was even recorded some traditional Greek music on a voice output device.

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The students swirled shaving cream clouds around Mount Olympus.

 

 

 

 

 

Messy play is so much fun!

Science access point: apply a push to move an object.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Since Greece has so many islands, we put in a small fishing boat in our water.

 

 

 

 

 

 

There was also a dolphin which is a symbol of Greece and 2 small fish to catch.

Science access point: match common living things with their habitats.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We chose Bath and Body Works juniper for the scent this week.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Junipers are shrubs that grow in Greece!

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FINE MOTOR GROUP

On Tuesday, the students made their own ancient Greek temple!

First, the students identified triangle and rectangle shapes.

Math access point: recognize a common object with a two-dimensional shape.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Then, they used cutting tools to cut out their “building blocks”.

Science access point: recognize a change in the external appearance of an object.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The students glued their blocks down on a background paper to assemble their temples.

It didn’t matter how the temples were assembled—-they were supposed to by ancient ruins anyway 🙂

 

Math access point: recognize when an object is added to a situation.

 

 

 

 

 

 

TA DA!!!!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Let’s visit Greece!

 

 

 

 

 

On Wednesday we made some Greek flags to use as decoration for our upcoming Apokries festival.

First, they identified the color blue and a rectangle—there are lots of rectangles in the Greek flag.

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

 

Math access point: recognize an object with a two-dimensional shape.

 

 

 

 

Next, the students cut 4 strips of white paper. They used regular scissors, switch operated scissors, or paper cutters depending on their ability.

 

 

 

 

 

Math access point: associate quantities with number names.

 

 

 

 

 

They glued their long white stripes on to the blue background paper.

Math access point: recognize length of objects, such as long or short.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Then, a pre-made cross was placed at the TOP LEFT corner of their flag.

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TA DA!!!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It is festival time—–kales yiortes (happy feasts!

 

We love Greece!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LANGUAGE GROUP

We love our parties here at school and this one was no exception!

The Greek festival Apokries is celebrated at this time of year.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Our language group students dressed up in togas and we paraded through the halls with traditional Greek music and the students playing tambourines.

 

 

 

 

 

They all looked so cute!

 

 

 

 

 

The parade goers had a great time watching their friends parade in their Greek attire.

 

 

 

 

 

Everyone had so much fun!

 

 

 

 

 

Of course, after the parade everyone was invited to a “street” dance in the hall.

 

 

 

 

 

 

We made our own version of the Parthenon and our students and staff got to dance and socialize.

 

 

 

 

We had treats set out with sentence strips so that our students could request what they wanted.

The sentence strips were modeled and our students imitated.  They got to choose from cookies, applesauce, chips, and blue Gatorade.

Not very Greek, but preferred by our students 🙂

 

 

We had so much fun!  Took lots of pictures and danced the day away.  Opa!

 

 

 

 

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Feb23

Jack And The Beanstalk

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Jack And The Beanstalk

We chose a fun theme this week and did our own take on the classic fairy tale! The sensory group explored boxes with a variety of textures. The fine motor groups crafted art projects based on characters in the story and the language group made a recipe————-using beans, of course 🙂

 

 

 

 

SENSORY GROUP

Our colorful box of “magic beans” contained letter B’s—-both upper and lower case.

 

 

 

 

 

The students loved running their hands through the beans and the colors were so eye catching.

Science access point: match objects by an observable property, such as size, shape, or color.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

There were all sorts of cows roaming in this field of green rice. We even included magnets that spelled the word COW!

 

 

 

 

 

 

There was also a picture of a cow to find at the bottom of the box.

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

An umbrella was turned into a beanstalk—-complete with a giant peeking out!

 

 

 

 

 

 

We were pretty happy with the effect we achieved.

Science access point: recognize objects related to science by name such as animal, and plant.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


There were 5 golden eggs and lots of golden beads along with a cute plush goose in this box!

 

 

 

 

So cute!

Math access point: associate quantities with number names.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We wanted to reinforce the concepts of BIG and SMALL so in this box we added some big fluffy ball and some small spiked balls.

 

 

 

 

 

The different textures were really intriguing to the students.

Math access point: recognize differences in size of objects.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We put a green accordion tube and some silk leaves into a cloud of shaving cream so students could make their own bean stalks.

 

 

 

They had a blast!

Science access point: recognize that pushing and pulling an object makes it move.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

There was a small cup and big watering can in the water play.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The students loved watching the water stream from the spout of the watering can!

Science access point: track objects in motion.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bath and Body Works rain kissed leaves seemed a good choice for our scent this week.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Whether rubbed on arms or behind ears, the students loved the aroma.

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FINE MOTOR GROUP

On Tuesday the students stamped some golden eggs using this template: goose

First, the students identified an oval.

They did a really great job!

 

 

 

 

Math access point: recognize an object with a two-dimensional shape.

 

 

 

 

Next, they glued their goose on to the back ground paper.

Math access point: recognize when an object is added to a situation.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Then, they stamped some golden eggs!

We made the stamp by cutting ovals from extra thick craft foam and sticking the shapes to kitchen scrubbers.

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

TA—we are rich—- Da!

 

 

 

 

 

 

We found the goose that lays the golden eggs!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On Wednesday, we made bean stalks! This template was used in the project: castle

First, the students identified the color of the yarn. Everyone picked the correct color!!!!

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Then, the students wrapped the yarn around a paper towel tube.

Science access point: recognize that pushing or pulling an object makes it move.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Next, they added leaves to their bean stalks.

Math access point: recognize when an object is added to a situation.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The beanstalk was topped off by a castle in the clouds—made by gluing polyfil and paper castle to a poster board circle.

 

 

 

 

 

TA—fie fi fo fum— DA!!!

Looks like our magic beans worked!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LANGUAGE GROUP

We made some bean dip that we think Jack would really enjoy!  Here’s the recipe: Let’s Make Jack’s Bean Dip

We started out by mixing together sour cream and a dry ranch packet.  The student who WANTED to HELP was given the unopened packet of dry ranch.  Since she wasn’t able to open it by herself, she was prompted to ask for HELP.

 

Students located the STIR communication symbol on their boards and HELPED to STIR the ingredients together.

 

 

 

 

 

Each student requested their own bowl to put their dip together in.  They were given some refried beans and were told to SPREAD them out on the bottom of their bowls.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Then, each student had to request the sour cream/ranch dip.  Again, they had to SPREAD it ON TOP of the beans.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Next, they PUT diced tomatoes ON TOP of the ranch dip.  Some students were given just a few pieces.  If that was not enough to their liking, they had to request MORE.

We PUT some black olives ON TOP of the tomatoes.  Again, if it was not enough, students had to indicate they WANTED MORE.

 

 

 

 

 

When asked if there were any ingredients that they saw on the communication boards that had not been used yet, students had to LOOK at their boards and locate the picture of cheese.

Once the bean dip was all layered and ready, students had to request chips.

 

 

Students were prompted to SCOOP the dip with the chips; however, lots of them chose to eat the dip with their spoon instead 🙂

 

 

 

 

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Feb16

Fun Facts About Presidents

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Since Presidents Day is coming up, we thought it would be fun to learn about some of our past Presidents. The sensory groups explored boxes related to presidents featured in our book. The fine motor groups made art projects featuring presidents and the language group made a patriotic treat!

 

 

 

 

 

SENSORY GROUP

President Kennedy’s family came from Ireland.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The students used a big cookie cutter to make shamrocks—-a symbol of Ireland—-out of bright green play dough.

Science access point: apply a push to move an object.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

President Obama was born in Hawaii.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This eye catching box was filled with colorful flowers, leis, and a cute little Hawaiian doll.

Science access point: recognize objects as the same.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

President Theodore Roosevelt once saved a bear cub and teddy bears are named after him!

 

 

 

 

 

The piece of faux bear fur, a big mama bear, and 2 little bear cubs here were a hit with the students.

Science access point: match animals that are the same.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

President Ronald Reagan used to be a movie actor and then the Governor of California.

 

 

 

 

 

The numbers 4 and 0 could be found in this box of popcorn—-Reagan was our 40th president!

Math access point: associate quantities with number names.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

President Eisenhower loved to cook and was known for his cornmeal pancakes!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Soft cornmeal (mixed with some potato flakes to decrease the dust), 2 different sized spoons, and a picture of the Eisenhower at the bottom could be found in this box.

Math access point: recognize differences in size of common objects.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ice cream was one of George Washington’s favorite treats! We sprinkled jello powder into the shaving cream to get an ice cream look.

 

 

 

 

Needless to say, the students had a blast!

Science access point: recognize that pushing and pulling an object makes it move.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

John Quincy Adams had a pet alligator—-how cool is that!

 

 

 

 

 

 

We put a little alligator in our water play this week, along with 2 different sized measuring cups.

Math access point: recognize differences in sizes of containers that hold liquids.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We chose Bath and Body Works cherry blossom for our scent this week. President Taft’s wife planted the first cherry blossom trees in Washington DC.

 

 

 

 

It was a great scent to help us remember all the fun facts about Presidents!

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FINE MOTOR GROUP

On Tuesday we made dimes out of paper plates.

First, the students identified the shape of the paper plate.

Math access point: recognize a common object with a two-dimensional shape.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Then, the students painted their plates with silver paint.

Science access point: recognize that pushing and pulling an object makes it move.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Next, the students added a picture of President Franklin Roosevelt! We used a coloring page from the US mint printed on grey paper.

Math access point: recognize when an object is added to a situation.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TA DA!!!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

We made dimes!

Anybody need some spare change 🙂

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On Wednesday the students made MORE money 🙂 We found some cute samples we could download for free.

First, the students identified the shape of the money.

Math access point: recognize a common object with a two-dimensional shape.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Then, they cut the money into individual bills using a variety of cutting tools.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Math access point: solve simple problems involving taking apart small quantities of objects.

 

 

 

 

 

Next, they used markers to add color to their bills.

Science access point: recognize a change in the external appearance of an object.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TA DA!!!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Look at all the Presidents!

Let’s go shopping!!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LANGUAGE GROUP

This week, we made a patriotic treat for President’s Day.  Here’s the recipe that we used: Let’s Make A Patriotic Snack

We started out by making the whipped cream.  One of our students HELPED measure out 1 cup of heavy whipping cream.  They had to LOOK to see if there was enough in the measuring cup or if we needed MORE.  Then we PUT that in the bowl.

 

 

Math access point: Solve problems involving small quantities of objects or actions using language, such as enough, too much, or more.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Next, we had to measure out powdered sugar and vanilla extract.  Students had to identify the tablespoon when it was held next to the teaspoon.  They were prompted to find the BIGGER one.

 

 

 

Math access point: recognize differences in size of objects.

 

 

 

 

When the ingredients were all in the bowl, each student had a TURN using the wireless switch to turn on the mixer.

This is always fun for our students.

 

 

 

 

Each time someone took a TURN, we LOOKED in the bowl to see if we needed to mix MORE or if we were ALL DONE.

Once it was DONE, we observed how it had changed from a liquid to a solid.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Science access point: recognize a change in the external appearance of an object.

 

 

 

We counted out cups for each student.  We layered red Jell-o, whipped cream, blue Jell-o, and then MORE whipped cream.

Each student had to request each part of the snack using their communication boards.

 

 

Math access point: indicate desire for more of an action or object.

 

 

 

 

 

After they indicated that they needed a spoon to eat with, they dug in.

 

 

 

 

 

 

These were so pretty looking and were pretty tasty too 🙂

 

 

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Feb9

Local African American Leaders

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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!

 

 

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Jan31

Let’s Learn About Famous People From France

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January 30 is National Croissant Day and to celebrate, we decided to learn about famous people in French History! Our sensory groups explored boxes dedicated to some of the different people we learned about. The fine motor groups crafted art projects inspired by some creative French geniuses and the language group made a tasty French snack!

 

 

 

 

 

SENSORY GROUP

We used red, white, and blue rice to represent the colors of the French flag.

 

 

 

 

 

 

There were pictures of Napoleon both in and underneath the box as well as letter N’s to find.

Science access point: recognize objects as the same.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Marquis de Lafayette helped us win the Revolutionary War so we made a patriotic box for him!

 

 

 

 

 

 

The students explored pasta in different patriotic shapes including the Liberty Bell, flag, and star.

Science access point: match objects with similar observable properties, such as shape.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For Marie Curie we used colorful discovery bottles that looked like they contained science experiments!

 

 

 

 

 

Their whirling, swirling contents were all pretty mesmerizing!

Science access point: track objects in motion.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The students made castles out of sand and wooden blocks in this box dedicated to Joan of Arc.

 

 

 

 

We found some plastic knights in the dollar store and included some of them too.

Science access point: recognize that objects can stick together.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Coco Chanel was a famous designer. We filled her box with a variety of items including beads, fabric, sunglasses, and some fashion model dolls.

 

 

 

 

There were lots of different textures to explore!

Our fashionistas had a blast 🙂

 

 

 

 

 

 

Science access point: recognize and respond to different types of sensory stimuli.

 

 

 

 

 

We made royal oobleck using bright food coloring and LOTS of gold glitter for King Louis the XIV!

Colorful, shiny and very eye catching.

 

 

 

 

Science access point: recognize that pushing and pulling an object makes it move.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jacques Cousteau’s ocean was filled with ocean animals, different sized measuring cups, and a large “net”.

 

 

 

 

 

One of the fish squirted water when squeezed—-so much fun 🙂

Science access point: match living things with their habitats.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If Nostradamus had predicted we would use Bath and Body Works french lavender this week he would have been right 🙂

 

 

 

 

 

Put on arms, necks, hands, or ears—-the perfect scent to go with a French unit!

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FINE MOTOR GROUP

On Tuesday we made some Degas ballerinas using coffee filters!

First, we identified the shape of the coffee filter.

Math access point: recognize objects with two-dimensional shapes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We also identified the color of our markers.

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Then each student colored 2 coffee filters.

Science access point: apply a push to move an object.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Next, we folded the coffee filters in HALF and then into QUARTERS.

Math access point: recognize a half of an object as part of the whole object.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We glued them onto a ballerina coloring page—-to make the ballerina’s tutu! The coloring page was an internet freebie.

Math access point: recognize when an object is added to a situation.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TA—let’s dance— DA!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beautiful Degas worthy ballerinas!

 

 

 

 

 

On Wednesday, the students became fashion designers like Coco Chanel!

First, the students identified the shape of the fabric swatches.

Math access point: recognize objects with two-dimensional shapes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

They chose a variety of fabric squares and began gluing them down on to a shirt shaped poster board. We used food coloring to tint the glue a little bit to make it easier for the students to see.

 

 

 

 

Math access point: recognize when an object is added to a situation.

 

 

 

 

 

 

TA—-runway—- DA!!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Our students are fashion designers….

…..and ready for the show!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LANGUAGE GROUP

We celebrated National Croissant day by making some croissant sandwiches!  Here is the recipe that we used: Let’s Make Croissant Sandwiches

We started out by measuring 3 cups of chicken.  Since our measuring cup only holds 2 cups, we measured out the 2 cups and then our students indicated that we needed MORE.  After measuring out the chicken, we PUT it in the BOWL.

Math access point: solve problems involving small quantities of objects or actions using language such as enough, too much, or more.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Next, we had to measure out a cup of chopped pickles.  Students HELPED to measure and PUT the pickles in the BOWL.

We added some chopped celery next.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

After the celery, we had to measure out 1 cup of mayonnaise and a 1/4 cup of mustard.  Students had to indicate which measuring cup was SMALLER to show which one was the 1/4 cup.

 

Math access point: identify parts of a whole.

 

 

 

 

 

Once we added all of the ingredients to the bowl, students had to HELP STIR them all up.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Each student had to request a plate and a croissant.  Once they had each item, they had to request some chicken salad.  If they were not given as much as they wanted, they had to request MORE.

Math access point: indicate desire for more an action or object.

For the most part, our students enjoyed making and eating their croissant sandwich!  It was a pretty good croissant celebration 🙂

 

 

 

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