SNOW SNOW SNOW!!!
Snow came early to the Midwest this year! So what did we do? We scrapped the Fall and Leaves themed activities we had planned for the day and grabbed some snow!
We take full advantage of the four seasons where we live although sometimes we get the extreme weather both hot and cold. But when snow comes in October you embrace the craziness and lasso the motivation! The therapists jumped out the side door, scooped up some of the fresh, glistening snow and some water color paints.
Fresh snow affords us so many opportunities for sensory experiences, concept development, vocabulary enrichment, fine motor skills and even social skills like waiting and sharing. We used the snow to spark our imagination and create an arctic scene!
Once our arctic masterpieces were finished, we made up stories about our scenes. This was a great time to practice our articulation and story telling skills. Once we were finished with each therapy session, we threw the paint covered snow back outside and scooped up some fresh snow for the next group.
Days like this make us motivated to keep thinking outside the box and forever remind us of natural environmental teaching 🙂