Baa Baa Black Sheep!

Another very busy day on the farm!  Bristol and Ryan began their day at the touch and feel pool manipulating Floam! This is a sticky, unusual substance made of tiny little balls that you can mold into just about anything!  We formed balls, snakes, meatballs...you name it, we made it out of floam.  Super fun!

We continued our farm-based centers after morning circle.  Bristol and Ryan each took turns working with me individually using some farm animal counting cards.  We used the cards to name each farm animal in response to the question," What do you see on this card?", to practice verbalizing the animal sound in response to "What does a horse say?", to count the number of animals on each card in response to "How many cows are there?" and to practice colors in response to "What color is the pig?"

After a very productive time during centers, Bristol and Ryan were very ready to hit the playground! On our way to the playground, they were both very interested in a long stream of water rolling down the edge of the sidewalk.  We talked about it being wet, dirty, and messy.  We wondered if there were any fish swimming in it, and then we thoroughly enjoyed splashing in it!  Sorry about the wet shoes, but it was a language learning opportunity that I just couldn't pass up!  Once we finally arrived on the playground, Ryan and Bristol continue to love playing with balls and bubbles.

Ms. Gretchen and Ms. Kylie had their own farms ready for us during music therapy today.  We sang a song about farm animals using picture cues of a barn and various farm animals.  We also sang a song about 5 pigs playing in the mud, and also danced, galloped, "moo'ed" like a cow, and flapped like a duck as we pretended to be specific farm animals.  We end every music therapy session playing the guitar and singing our good-bye song.  

After music, we headed back to our room for Language Circle.  Today we read, I Spy on the Farm by Edward Gibbs.  On each page, Bristol and Ryan had to guess which noisy and colorful animal was being described and could look through a small spy hole for more visual clues.  It is a super fun book that turns into a great guessing game.  After the story, we focused on one specific animal on the farm...sheep!  We made our own sheep out of construction paper and used soft cotton as the wool.  We talked about how the cotton felt, and how we can make warm clothing from the sheep's wool, and we labeled each part of the sheep (wool, tail, eyes, legs, ears).  After we finished our sheep, we were tired and very ready for lunch.

After lunch, we met at the carpet for a few more farm songs before calling it a day!  The video attached below has been a favorite one this week!  I hope you guys have a wonderful weekend, and I can't wait to see Ryan and Bristol on Tuesday when we learn about things that we can grow on a farm!