9/12/11

Today was my first day setting up a lesson with the sensory table. I chose to use Feathers for this first day. While trying to spend an even amount of time playing with each child during free play, I was not able to watch the sensory table for all of free play, but I was able to check on what was happening there. I believe that just about every child spent at least a little time at the sensory table today. They all came up to the table of their own free will this morning. I know Drew loves to spell, so I took the letters F-E-A-T-H-E-R-S and spelled them out in the table among the feathers to help him learn the meaning of these letters. I remember Joey was very interested in the feathers and stuck his hands in there to play with them. I also remember Michael running his hands through the feathers and throwing a lot of them on the floor. I saw Mike blowing the feathers on some of the children and they really enjoyed it. I also noticed that some of the feathers even caught Gavin's eye. I am planning on adding pompoms later in the week to add to the sensory experience, and hopefully being able to spend more energy and focus towards observation of the children at the table.