It is getting a little cooler (in our case, emphasis on LITTLE) and that means it is the time of year for fall festivals. Ours’ was just so much fun we decided that it would be a perfect theme for us—-and a way to relive all the fun!
Our sensory groups explored boxes filled with a variety of textures and scents of fall fun. The fine motor group painted a fall tree and the language group made some yummy festival food.
This box had lots of textures and objects related to a fall festival. There was hay and a truck for the hayride, colorful fall leaves, and some little “students” to enjoy the fun. We also included a football, pie, scarecrows, and pumpkins!
Recognize a model of a real object is a science access point.
In addition to number identification and sequencing, both visual and tactile discrimination skills are also addressed!
Recognize quantities 1 to 3 using sets of objects is a math access point.
At our fall festival, we had a big bubble machine blowing bubbles everywhere—–there is something about bubbles that always make you smile 🙂 Instead of the machine during group, the students had to blow their own bubbles.
Track objects in motion is a science access point.
One of the highlights of this group was our fall fun umbrella—-it is one of our favorites! The students loved looking at and touching the colorful leaves. They also had fun watching them waft to and fro as we slowly twirled the umbrella.
The science access point track objects in motion can be addressed with this activity.
Recognize and respond to different types of sensory stimuli is a science access point.
FINE MOTOR GROUP
Due to Veterans Day holiday we only had one fine motor group this week but it was a really fun and colorful one! For our tree painting project we used the super cool stampers made from fringed craft foam rolled and secured with rubber bands——thank you for the idea Ms. Kim! Here is the template for the tree:tree template
Associate quantities with number names is a math access point.
Recognize a change in an object is a science access point.
We had a very special visitor help us out with the language group this week! Our very own Jeannie! She came in to help the class make a sweet dessert that could be sold in the bake sale at a fall festival.
We made edible haystacks using this recipe: Let’s Make Edible Haystacks
We then poured an entire bag of butterscotch chips into a smaller, microwaveable bowl. We talked about the different sizes of the bowls; which bowl was BIGGER and which was SMALLER. Then we heated the butterscotch up so it would melt.
Recognize differences in size of objects is a math access point.
This was a great opportunity to address the math access point solve problems involving small quantities of actions using language, such as enough, too much, or more.
Finally, each of our students got to spoon out ONE sponful of the mix onto a piece of wax paper. We found that if we waited a little bit longer for the mixture to cool, it would form more easily into a “haystack”.
Match one object to a designated space to show one-to-one correspondence is a math access point.
Once they were all nice and cooled off, our students ate their haystacks. YUM!