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From Leaf Picking to Seed Picking!

Now that the children have settled in, we are noticing some children are exposed to sensory play for the first time and are avoiding the “messy stuff” in fear of getting their hands dirty.
Sensory play supports language development, cognitive growth, motor skills, problem solving skills and social interaction.




To support our sensory play, we went outside to play in the leaves and then collect some colorful leaves. Hudson, Salma, Jessie and Jocelyn enjoyed jumping into piles of leaves they had gathered. We then collected leaves in a basket to take back to the classroom. Salma and Allison began putting glue onto leaves in class whilst Jocelyn and Jessie decided to do leaf rubbing using pencils.








At circle time Barbi carved a pumpkin. Elias, Hudson, Jocelyn, Jessie, A.J, Allison, Elsa and Salma pick the seeds out of the pumpkin and they were collected into a bowl. Some of the words the children described when picking out the seeds were slimy, slippery, wet, sticky. We then baked the seeds for the children to taste.
 
 
 



The following class Jocelyn shared a note with her friends, that she had written at home, about her experience tasting pumpkin seeds.   


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