Rose

Hello again Rose class,

Hope you all are safe and having a good time with family at home.

Keeping with our seaside theme, this week we have an exciting and creative activity for you.

How about making sensory jellyfish with some help from your family.

Sensory jellyfish

All you need

A plastic mixing bowl

Bubble wrap

Silver foil/ wrapping paper/ survival blanket

Fairy lights

Slinky or string to hang the jelly fish

You could attach bells if you have any.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RSXsNotWr4&feature=youtu.be

Learning outcomes

Tactile stimulation - Bubble wrap, Silver foil/ wrapping paper/ survival blanket by feeling them with your hands or feet.

Visual stimulation – you could try tracking the lights on the jelly fish.

Auditory stimulation – can you hear the bells or the sound of bubble wrap/ survival blanket.

Sensory fibre optic lights

Fibre optic lights are amazing in any form of sensory stimulation, whether it be visual or tactile. All our children in Rose class love a bit of fibre optics. They are an inexpensive way of stimulating our senses and can be very effective in doing so.

Here is a video of Richard Hirstwood from Hirstwood training. He talks about different ways of using fibre optic lights. Have a look, it is quite useful.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxkG6nB0zFY&feature=youtu.be

Take care and keep safe,

Fathima and Rose class team

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Hello again Rose class,

Hope you are all keeping well and safe.

We are back with more fun activities for you try at home.

But first we would like to wish all our families EID MUBARAK

We hope you have a good and safe Eid with your family. This week we have lined up some exciting Eid crafts and sensory play.

Please have a look at them and have loads of fun.

Potato print Eid cards

All you need to do this activity is

Coloured card
Potato
A sharp knife (or star and circle biscuit cutters)
Paint
Coloured pen and an adult to help

Instructions:

Fold the card in half to make a greetings card.

Cut the potato in half. If you have the biscuit cutters use them to make the shape of a star in one side of the potato and a crescent in the other. Using the knife carefully remove the surrounding potato. If you don't have cutters simply cut the shapes using the knife.

Put some paint into a saucer. Stamp on to the card a crescent and star. Leave to dry.

Write on the words "Eid Mubarak".

Learning Links:

Communication: giving a choice of two colours, encouraging child to choose by looking at or reaching out to the preferred colour.
Sensory: explore the feeling of cold wet paint between fingers, feel and smell the cut potato.
Motor skills: encourage children to use fingers and hands to rub paint on potato. Encourage them to stamp the print on paper (hand over hand support will be required).

Potato print buntings

Here's a fun and simple way for children to get involved with decorating the house for Eid!

All you need for this activity is

Coloured paper or card
Potato
A sharp knife (star and circle biscuit cutters)
Paint
Ribbon or thread

Instructions:

Put some paint into a saucer.

Stamp stars on half the bunting and crescents on the other half.

Leave to dry.

Cut out the bunting and punch holes at the top.

Thread on to string or ribbon to hang, alternating stars and moons. Secure the bunting in place on the string with sticky tape if needed.

Learning Links:

Communication: giving a choice of two colours, encouraging child to choose by looking at or reaching out to the preferred colour.
Sensory: explore the feeling of cold wet paint between fingers, feel and smell the cut potato.
Motor skills: encourage children to use fingers and hands to rub paint on potato. Encourage them to stamp the print on paper (hand over hand support will be required).

Sensory play with rice and spices

Children in rose class love exploring rice and spices. You could add paint on to dry rice, and leave to dry before having fun.

Alternatively, you could also add lentils, mild spices like turmeric, cinnamon etc. with rice and have fun.

Learning Links:

Communication: giving a choice of two colours, encouraging child to choose by looking at or reaching out to the preferred colour.
Sensory: explore the texture of rice and spices, smell the spices.
Motor skills: encourage children to use fingers and hands to explore the rice.

Hope you have loads of fun trying these activities.

If you would like to send us some videos or photos to our class email, it would be lovely to see what you are all up to while we are apart.

Bye for now, we will be back with more activities next week.

Fathima and Rose class team

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Hello Rose class,

Hope you are all keeping well and safe.

Well it is the summer term and we have lined up exciting activities for you to try at home.

But first we would like to wish all our families a happy Ramadan

The topic this term is all about seaside.

We have included some sensory play and art ideas that you might enjoy with your family.

Ocean seascape with bubble wrap printing

All you need to do this easy and fun art work is bubble wrap, paint, paper and an adult to help.

Learning Links:

Communication: giving a choice of two colours, encouraging child to choose by looking at or reaching out to the preferred colour.
Numeracy: sing 1,2,3,4,5 Once I caught a Fish Alive!, count the fish/ sea weed, talk about shapes
Sensory: explore the feeling of cold wet paint between fingers, feel and listen to the bubbles pop on the bubble wrap.
Motor skills: encourage children to use fingers and hands to rub paint on paper.

Soapy seaside fun

All you need for this fun activity is a bowl, water, child friendly soap and food colouring.

You could also add shells, bucket and spade or any other items you find around the house (e.g. toys, cups, spoons etc.)

Learning links

Communication: talking to children about what objects they find for example – ‘look…. You found a shell’, and looking for any response of likes and dislikes.

Cognition: You could encourage them to take turn in pouring activities with siblings. Look for signs of them waiting and anticipating their turn.

Sensory: exploring textures with their whole body, responding to how materials smell and feel. You could add smells to the foam as well (e.g. vanilla essence)

Motor skills: using hands to explore objects in the bowl, encourage children to use a pincer grip to pick up small objects if able to.

Sand and water fun

You could create a seaside experience by using sand and water for children to explore. All our children love moving their fingers and hands in sand and feeling the smooth texture of it.

They also love splashing her hands in water.

Hope you have loads of fun trying these activities.

If you would like to send us some videos or photos to our class email, it would be lovely to see what you are all up to while we are apart.

Bye for now, we will be back with more activities next week.

Fathima and Rose class team

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Hello everyone,

We hope you are well and safe!

Here are few activities to keep you busy while you are at home, we also hope you enjoy these activities with your family.

Keep your bodies moving

In Rose class we like to keep our bodies active by moving, wiggling and stretching. We hope you continue doing this at home, but remember to have FUN while you do it

Follow your physio programmes, use your standing frame if you have one, wear your AFOs and hand splints everyday.

Use your walker (if you have one) and go out for a short walks and enjoy the weather.
Another fun activity to keep our bodies moving, is called Rhythm kids. We at Rose class often do this activity, and the children thoroughly enjoy it.
Enjoy a relaxing hand or foot massage using olive, vegetable or baby oil. You can also find calming music on Youtube which can be played during the massage.
Rhythm kids for PMLD

Support your child's legs, by gently holing their ankles

Carefully bend each knee up towards their chest then straighten them again (as if they were marching)

Help your child march throughout the rhyme

Jack and Jill

Went up the hill

To fetch a pail of water

Jack fell down

And broke his crown

And Jill cam tumbling after

The Grand Old Duke Of York

Continue ‘marching’ throughout the rhyme

The Grand Old Duke of York

He had ten thousand men

He marched them up to the top of the hill

And he marched them down again

And when they were up they were up

And when they were down they were down

And when they were only half way up

They were neither up nor down!

Little Tricycle

Continue marching

I have a little tricycle

I ride it to the shop

But when I see the big red sign

I know I have to STOP!

As you sing the word ‘STOP’ gently straighten and stretch their legs, and pause for a moment

Start marching again

I have a little tricycle

I ride it to the shop

But when I see the big red sign

I know I have to STOP!

As you sing the word ‘STOP’ gently straighten and stretch their legs, and pause for a moment

Row, Row, Row Your Boat

Gently hold your child’s ankles and straighten their legs

Throughout all verses, gently but continually, cross and then uncross your child’s legs.

Each time you cross them, alternate which leg is on top

Row, row, row your boat

Gently down the stream

Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily

Life is like a dream

Rock, rock, rock your boat

Gently to and fro

Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily

Into the water we go!

Say ‘splash’

Swim, swim, swim about

Gently down the stream

If you see a crocodile

Don’t forget to scream!

Say ‘Arhhh’!

Hot Cross Buns

Throughout both verses continue alternately crossing and uncrossing your child’s legs

Hot cross buns

Hot cross buns

One a penny

Two a penny

Hot cross buns

If you have no daughters

Give them to your sons

One a penny

Two a penny

Hot cross buns

Jelly On A Plate

Support one of your child’s leg upright by holding the thigh between both hands

(As if you were going to make dough sausage)

Start rolling the thigh, then sing again and roll the calf

Jelly on a plate

Jelly on a plate

Wibble, wobble

Wibble, wobble

Jelly on a plate

Repeat for other leg
Pat-A-Cake

Hold your child’s hands

Throughout the rhyme gently clap their hands together

Pat-a-cake, Pat-a-cake

Baker’s man

Bake me a cake

As fast as you can

Pat it and prick it

And mark it with B

Put it in the oven for baby and me

Windscreen Wipers

Gently hold your child’s wrists, and stretch their arms out to the side

Cross their arms over each other (as if they were hugging themselves)

Then gently stretch them out to the sides again

Repeat throughout the verse

Windscreen wipers

What do you do all day?

Swish, swosh

Swish, swosh

I wipe the rain away

Crossing your child’s arms across their chest (as if they were hugging themselves) then gently rock your child from side to side

Repeat throughout the verse

Windscreen wipers

What do you do all day?

Swish, swosh

Swish, swosh

I wipe the rain away

Me And My Teddy Bear

Use a thin see through scarf

Gently swish the scarf up and down from head to toe, above your child

Me and my teddy bear

Have no worries

Have no care

Me and my teddy bear

We play and play all day

I love my teddy bear

He’s got one eye

And he’s got no hair

I love my teddy bear

We play and play all day

Baa Baa Black Sheep

Use a thin see through scarf

Gently swish the scarf up and down from head to toe, above your child

Baa baa black sheep

Have you any wool?

Yes Sir, Yes Sir

Three bags full

One for the master

One for the dame

And one for the little boy

Who lives down the lane
We will be back with more ideas to keep you busy and learning soon. In the meantime, stay safe and look after yourselves.
We now have a class email address if you would like to share what you have been up to or if your parents need to talk to us. roseclass@ladyziawernher.primaryluton.co.uk

Very best wishes from us all

Fathima and Rose class team.

Rose

Rhythm kids for PMLD

Swim, swim, swim about

Pat it and prick it

Baa baa black sheep