Messy Days...

...are good days.

(This post is largely about Pediatria this week. Just giving a fair warning).

At Pediatria today and Wednesday we had messy sensory activities. They were messy, but the children enjoyed them and they were fun. Tuesday the preschool class made green goo (cornstarch and water). It was everywhere! Not only was it fun, but we got some great language from the activity. Today the preschool class followed rainbows in the building to find a pot of gold outside...a pot of gold jello. Okay, so it was more reddish orange than gold, but they couldn't care less. Their hands went straight into the pot and came out with handfuls of jello going straight in the mouth! Exploring sensory through touch and taste. Even the most hesitant child to get messy eventually explored the jello. You don't know how exciting it was to turn around and see that child with both hands in the pot carefully squeezing the jello and getting a feel for it!

We even did sensory activities with the toddlers today. We used the shaving cream in bags with dye and bottles of water with dye. They seemed to enjoy it. Now that we only have a few more weeks left, we're finally learning what works and what they like and what works best for individual children. I wish we had more time, now that we're figuring it out. Coloring sheets were pretty much like our go-to activity but now we realize how much better the sensory activities are. They may take a little more work, but it's not that much and it's not hard. I want to leave all kinds of notes for whoever has clinic there in the summer and next semester.

Besides Pediatria, it's still been a good week. Things have fallen into place with my adult clinic. On Tuesday I had 5, yes 5, stickers on my feedback, that's one more than the previous Thursday! You wouldn't think being a graduate student that stickers would be so encouraging but they are. I'm finally doing things right. I truly have pretty much had a complete turn around in that clinic from the beginning of the semester.

Other than school, I only got one run in this week. I try for three but lately have only gone twice a week and this week only once, but it was a good one. Thursday night was the BCM's first performance of Fiddler on the Roof and it was wonderful! And finally, there have been other things that have made this week good but they'll go better in another post.