Large Muscle Development

This looks like so much fun!  The children really enjoyed this part of the exercise.  The children were able to work on strengthening upper body muscles while propelling themselves under the cones.

This child is working on improving his balance by stepping from one colored cup to another.

Motor planning is required for the children to move a large ball through the tunnel using only their heads and not their hands.  This also promotes problem solving and thinking ahead.

Our occupational therapist, Ms. Deborah set up this really cool exercise for us last Tuesday.  The chidlren were so excited to do this activity.  They not only exercised, used their ability to think and problem solve, but they also reinforced their vocabulary by using the concepts of over, under, around and through.  Use these positional words often at home.  This helps them understand where things are in relationship to themselves and to the world around them.

September 11th

just a quick post to take a moment to remember this day and the heros who emerged on that day

Handwriting Without Tears

Handwriting Without Tears click here to go to the Handwriting Without Tears website.

At United Services we use the curriculum called Handwriting Without Tears to teach our students how to print.  We are lucky that our OT, Ms. Jenny, comes in once a week to do a group lesson with the children to work on drawing letters.  There is a specific sequence to teaching the letters.  Our first lesson was on drawing the letters L and E.  Here are some pictures of that lesson.  Have your child(ren) work on these letters this week at home.  We use chalk board and write on wipe off boards at school with multi-colored dry erase markers to make drawing letters even more fun!

The smiley face tells students where to start forming their letter.

Ms. Jenny showing some of the students how to hold the dry erase marker with the proper grasp.

This student even added the smiley face to her letter L.

The letter L becomes the letter E when you add two more arms to the L.

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This student shows off their drawn letter L with pride!