Tag: playground

A new favourite

Playtime music is just the best! Nevaeh can often be seen on the court. On a recent sunny day, Nevaeh was interested in her shadow. She watched as she moved her body, raising her right hand and looking at the shadow changing. This indicates that Nevaeh’s awareness of herself and how her body moves is growing.  Watch Nevaeh in action hereIMG_0354

 

Nevaeh was picking up items from the court and bringing them to her face for closer inspection. She is aware of her surroundings and new objects in the space. Her curiosity about her environment is growing, and she is aware of any change in her surroundings.

A busy day

We took advantage of a fine sunny day and packed in a lot of outside activities. During our morning routine, we joined the class sitting on the mat, and then there was our daily Go Noodle. Nevaeh had a dance, and then we made our way over to music with Marilyn.

Nevaeh spread the fingers on her left hand. She attempted to touch just one key with her left thumb. At times we heard a lovely rendition of ‘Chopsticks”. This is a new tune from Nevaeh, I wonder where you heard this before.

After music we enjoyed the sunshine, bouncing on the new half-court and chasing our shadows. Our interest was then caught by the men working, cleaning up the trees, on the grass. The vehicles needed to be inspected, especially the white ute.

It was then back to the sensory room for some sorting and investigating objects above, below, left and right of an object that does not move. We are working on this to help Nevaeh navigate her Talker.

Next, it was off to RDA. Today we rode Lucy. Lucy wasn’t in a good mood. Lucy kept stopping, and would not move forward when we told her to move on. It was a lovely walk through Prossers Bush. Sam joined us and helped us with mounting and dismounting, by observing Nevaeh’s behaviour on the horse. Nevaeh did a great job of holding the front of the saddle during our walk in the bush. At times, she reached for the tree. We will need to keep our eyes peeled.