This week in science we started working on our science fair projects. The primary class began an experiment about osmosis, while the inters classes conducted experiments about chemical reactions and wind velocity. Our uppers classes had a blast with their top secret projects. Everyone is very excited to continue their research and share all of their findings!
We took advantage of the beautiful spring like weather and went on a nature walk in the Social Club. The kids made observations about the changes in our environment due to the change in seasons. We played Freeze Tag and Hop, Skip, Jump as a group and gave the kids a little time to have free play.
On Wednesday, at the Buddy Program, we 'kicked' it outside and played a big group game of Kickball! The Diener and Green Acres students had so much fun! We played several 'getting to know you' games to help the kids remember the names of their buddies! A name card was also sent home to help our kids remember their Green Acres buddy's name. Everyone is excited about our St. Patty's Day celebration next week!
We got dirty in Beyond Cooking by making Mud Cups! We used our measuring, crushing, blending, scooping, mixing, and tasting skills to prepare and enjoy this unique treat! The kids had a great time making this yummy snack!
This week during our weekly handwriting group, Ms. Jenni's class did a wonderful job practicing their letter writing skills in preparation for writing to their pen pals. We reviewed the parts of a letter, and practiced by writing letters to our classmates.
Primary students had an exciting week in OT. We tested our core muscle strength by completing visual motor and fine motor activities in a variety of positions in the hammock swing. We also continued to work hard in our handwriting books, focusing on our letter of the week, "Q".
This week in Ms. Emily's speech group we learned about friendship and read Making Friends by Fred Rogers. Throughout this wonderful picture book, the students made personal connections that were related to friendship. Some of the personal connections were; naming friends from class and home, relating games that the students like to play with others, and problem solving what one can do if two friends want to play with the same toy. Following the book, the students implemented what was portrayed in the story by playing together as a class while building a tower of blocks. The students did a great job taking turns, maintaining eye contact while communicating, and interacting as a group.
This week in Ms. Jenni's speech group we learned about the social skill of providing encouragement to friends. The students did a great job of coming up with encouraging statements to specific situations (for example, what would you say to a friend who thinks he will never be able to ride a bike) . Finally, we did an activity where the students matched positive options when making decisions.
This week our students focused on paragraph writing. We discussed what makes a good paragraph. We also continued to work on building our upper body strength and endurance.
In art, the primary class had fun painting with popsicle sticks! We added flour to our paints to make them thicker. The students then were able to use their popsicle sticks to paint on their paper and create a design! The inters began learning about abstract design. For this particular project, we used white construction paper, a black marker, and a variety of colored markers and crayons. The uppers first used a pencil to draw a nature scene. Then they used markers and crayons to complete their artwork, creating different landscapes!
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