For our final October unit, we were inspired by the Scooby Doo series! The sensory groups explored boxes highlighting different villains of the series. The fine motor groups crafted some fun projects and the language group hosted a monster party!
SENSORY GROUP
There were all sorts of items to discover in this box. There were laminated and plush characters from the series, a treasure chest, plastic footprint, furry werewolf fur, and a vampire puppet.
Of course we included a voice output device with the Scooby Doo theme song!
Science access point: recognize and respond to different kinds of sensory stimuli.
There were four spooky bats to find in a box of black beans and rice. There were 2 white and 2 grey to compare and contrast.
As usual, it was also fun to run fingers through the beans.
Math access point: recognize two objects that are the same size or color.
The students used Mr. Potato Head and pumpkin accessories to turn make their own Frankenstein monsters in green Bubber.
We think their creations turned out pretty cool!
Science access point: recognize one or more external body parts.
Cookie cutters in bone and dog shapes cut orange play dough into Scooby snacks!
Orange Kool-aid made the play dough not only look good but smell good too!
Science access point: apply a push to move an object.
Strips of gauze were wrapped around a doll to turn it into a Mummy! We also included some small plastic mummy figures as well as a discovery bottle filled with sand and jewels!
Sometimes the doll got wrapped—-and sometimes the student was 🙂
Math access point: solve problems involving small quantities of objects or actions, using language, such as enough, too much, or more.
The students made ghosts with shaving foam.
We included some “ghostly” features made from black craft foam.
Science access point: recognize that pushing and pulling an object makes it move.
There was an old pirate shipwreck at the bottom of the water tub this week.
Two different sized measuring cups were included for scooping fun.
Math access point: recognize similarities and differences in size of common objects.
Bath and Body Works twilight woods seemed a good spooky choice this week.
The aroma was a hit with the students!
Science access point: recognize one or more external body parts.
FINE MOTOR GROUP
On Tuesday we made different monsters out of cereal boxes using this template: monster template
First, we identified the shape of the cereal boxes.
Math access point: recognize objects with two-dimensional shapes.
Some of the students painted their boxes green.
Then, they added Frankenstein facial features, hair, and scars.
Science access point: recognize a change in the appearance of an object.
Other students worked on their Vampire and Mummy boxes.
Math access point: recognize when an object is added to a situation.
TA—-rut rho—– DA!!!!
SPOOKY!!!!
These are some cute monsters 🙂
On Wednesday the students made a fun poster.
First, the students identified the paint colors.
Science access point: identify objects by one observable property, such as color.
Everyone took turns painting the “swampy” background.
Science access point: recognize that pushing and pulling an object makes it move.
Then, we put some spooky trees, bats, ghosts, and a full moon! The bats and ghosts were traced from cookie cutters. The tree was free form cut.
Math access point: recognize when an object is added to a situation.
We put our students’ photos in a Mystery Machine and added that to the poster.
TA—-Scooby Dooby Doo—–Da!!!!
LANGUAGE GROUP
We had an eerily good time in our language group this week. We decided to have a party and of course we invited all of the classrooms that participate in our groups to come along.
Some of the students and staff got dressed up in DIFFERENT costumes. We didn’t have a parade this time, so everyone went straight to the party room.
We decorated the room with lots of different Halloween and monster decorations.
Students and staff also got to take pictures in front of the background for our book. We had also props 🙂
Of course, we also had some snacks. Students got to choose what they WANTED to eat. There were sentence strips set out for each option they had: candy corn, marshmallows, chips, and cookies.
They could also choose to drink “bug juice” or “blue goo” (dressed up Gatorade).
The music got everyone in the mood to dance.
It was so much fun!
A great time to practice socializing 🙂
We had a hauntingly good week and hope yours was as much fun as ours. Join us next time for more fun and learning—–Group by Group!
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We have had so much fun with the theme for this week! We’ve been watching out for monsters that come out around this time of year. Our theme centered around monsters that you might see if you watch Scooby Doo. The front of the book has the Scooby Doo clan ready to set out and find monsters. In the book you’ll see all the monsters they found! (They’re all really cute monsters if we say so ourselves 🙂 )
Here is a link to the book: Watch Out For Monsters!
