Spring A
Week 7
Healthy Eating Week
As part of healthy eating week we made colourful fruit kebabs for snack. The children explored chopped fruits and vegetables in the sensory bin and pulled root vegetables for a finger challenge.
Fruit Kebabs
Buggy Chase!
Playtime Fun
Week 6
Valentine's Day
Rainbow group printed heart patterns, decorated cupcakes and made a heart wreath to give to a loved one.
Hug
Theo will seek out a familiar adult for a hug. A deep pressure hug can help some children to calm and know where their body is in space.
Children
Children, Children, What do you see? We arranged and created a collage of ourselves!
Goldfish
Rainbow group made our own sensory bottles by adding sequins, glitter and of course a goldfish! To finish we carefully used a funnel and jug to fill with blue water.
Week 5
Black Sheep
We painted our fluffy sheep black and listened to "Baa Baa Black Sheep". Nursery rhymes help children to understand patterns and rhythm within language.
Wow Moment!
Scarlett tried the chips at lunchtime today.
Sister Sister 👭😮🤭
Sensory Bins
This week we played in the edible play sand made from cornflakes and rainbow pasta.
Rowan enjoyed playing with the gloopy cornflour mix. It was runny to pour and then appeared to set when left still in the bowl.
Mark Making
Chunky paint sticks are great for mark making fun. They are smooth, bright and dry quickly!
Week 4
Green Frog
Rainbow group made an iced frog biscuit for snack time. We continue to build our finger strength and pre writing skills. Here we are using a spoon to spread, fingers to squeeze red icing and pincer pinch to hold the eyes.
We had wobbly green frog jelly for messy play this week. The children explored the texture using all their senses.
White Dog
With support from a grown up the children made a White Dog junk model. They used a paintbrush, mark making tools and a pincer grip to add features. Grown ups named and pointed to the body parts.
Purple Cat
We explored texture and materials by arranging collage pieces to make a Purple Cat. Peeling eye stickers was tricky!
The children developed their hand eye co-ordination by adding spots using bingo dobbers.
Wow Moment!
Theo had a school lunch. He tasted the breaded fish and sponge cake. Theo practised using a fork to pick up his food.
Chinese New Year
It is the lunar year of the snake. We decorated our own twisting snake. The children used paint sticks to make to and fro marks and circular movements.
Chinese Foam Stampers
Rainbow group used paint and stampers to create printed patterns.
Chinese Food
As part of their exploration of Chinese New Year, Rainbow group took part in a Chinese food tasting session. They used their senses to explore noodles, egg fried rice, prawn crackers and sweet and sour sauce. Some were even adventurous in licking or tasting new flavours.
Week 3
Yellow Duck
Rainbow group explored print making using rubber ducks. We looked carefully at the marks and shapes left on the paper. Splash! 💦
Play Time
Spinning and wheeled toys continue to be a special interest.
Blue Horse
We made a blue horse from a handprint and collage. Theo banged the shells together to make a galloping horse sound - clip, clop, clip, clop!
Red Bird
We made a fluffy feather covered face mask, The children developed their fine motor skills by using a paintbrush to spread glue. Grown ups gave hand over help when needed. Chirp, chirp!
Week 2
Brown Bear Sensory Story
Our sensory story this term is "Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do you see?" by Eric Carle. We are developing a love of stories and the different fabrics to touch and feel helped to bring the story alive. The story has lots of repetitive language and explores colour and animal names.
Brown Bear
The Rainbow group used a paintbrush and paint to develop their hand-eye coordination, then a pincer grip to pick up the small face pieces. Look at our super collages! 🐻
My Turn, Your Turn
Taking turns is an important part of communication development for young children. When children learn to take turns, they learn the basic rhythm of communication, that back and forth exchange between people.
Miss Henderson used turn taking language “Theo’s turn”, “Rowan’s turn”.
Wow Moment!
Rowan shared a board book with Miss Jewers. He lifted the flaps and enjoyed looking at himself on the mirror page.
People Toys and Games
People toys and games are perfect for encouraging the early stages of communication, such as, using eye contact, joint attention, sharing space, imitating and taking turns. Grown ups stopped pushing the pram and waited for Scarlett to look back at their face, then modelled Makaton for 'more'.
More
This is the Makaton sign for more. We model the action and say the word if the children request more by looking, making a noise or gesture.
Wow Moment!
Theo chose to mark make. He used the chunky chalks and pencils to make to and fro scribbles.
Week 1
Play Time
Welcome back Rainbow group!
Our sensory tray has had a Spring makeover. The dinosaur themed invitation to play has been a popular choice for Scarlett and Theo this week.
A sensory story and number rhyme song time has been added to our daily timetable. We will continue to have regular sensory input in our school day to help us regulate and be better prepared to learn and interact with others.
