Morning Activities

Mitten match-up

Letter tracing

Snowflake pretzel transfer with tongs

Pony Bead threading

Stocking color match

Pretzel sorting

Dragonfly was eager to get started this morning and chose to start with the stocking file folder game. All my girls love file folder games so I am constantly making more. I found the winter themed pretzels while I was grabbing a few things at the store last night and thought they would be really fun to do a few activities with. Plus Dragonfly's snack is built right into her activities this morning.

Preschool Activites

Snow box

Snowman puzzle

Toothpick drop and shake

R coloring sheet

Sorting bears

Shapes

Morning Activities

Christmas Baking Box

Snowmen puzzles....free item from http://www.currclick.com/ this week.

Snowmen Big and Small...also part of the free item.

Matching Uppercase letters

Number building....each tower has as many blocks as the number it stands on.

Which turned into patterns

Matching up Lowercase letters.

Dragonfly really liked this box when she discovered the green and red discs were chocolate. I looked over and she was sitting there eating them as she was digging through finding them. I guess even flour won't discourage her from eating chocolate. I will have to watch her more carefully with this box.

PF's Vocab Test

I posted about PF's idea for making visual vocabulary cards to learn her vocabulary words. She came home today with a 100% on her test!!!! I was so excited for her and also excited that she recognizes the way she learns best.

Dragonfly and the Box

Dragonfly LOVES to sort. I gave her the completed snow box for the first time and what does she do.....dump the whole thing out and begin to make piles to sort out the different elements of the box. It was so typical of her and really made me laugh.

Sensory Discovery boxes

Snow Themed

Christmas baking themed

I finished up the snow themed one minus some foam snowflakes that I would like to find and add. I was talking to my good friend about these boxes and she told me about one she made with flour. What a great idea so I copied :) The Christmas Baking one is flour with hidden red and green chocolates in it. I also added spices for smelling and sprinkles to make noise. I put in red and green spoons for searching for the chocolate and transferring the chocolate to the cupcake holders. For extra fun I added in a candy cane for digging. This box will probably be pretty messy but a lot of fun.

In case you are wondering why I am doing these boxes:
I have two girls with sensory processing disorder. They both display it in different areas and a few similar areas. They both need help with fine and gross motor skills as well. These boxes provide a fun way to provide therapy to them. We decided when we moved away from our last therapist to really try to incorporate therapy into our home and not take them to a therapist. I have become more familiar with my girls needs and how to help them overcome their weaknesses. I also have a good friend experiencing the same thing and still going to a therapist, who provides me with some extra tips.

For my other two girls who seem to be functioning without any sensory problems, these activities are just fun for them and a good change to the regular schedule. I think sensory activities are really beneficial to everyone.