Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Special Olympics - 2011

 Special Olympics week in Newton County kicked off with a parade through Covington, and our opening ceremonies. 
This banner was created by our wonderful Special Education Department at Palmer-Stone Elementary. Thanks to Laure, Mayra, Sherry, and Sandy for heading up the project!



Ms. Sandy let us use her trailer, and the banner was displayed on it.

It's fun to ride in a parade!

Our banner won 1st place!       

   
We all got temporary tattoos! Cole is getting his done by a gracious volunteer.
Sallicia  
Tyler's tattoo

Tinya's tattoo

Time for events! Savannah is waiting for her turn!

Sallicia waits with a friend.

Omari

Savannah

Tyrell

Victory for Tyrell!

Cole gets some assistance from a volunteer.
The awards ceremony was held at Turner Lake Park. Sallicia is showing her door prize ticket. We hoped to win a prize!

Omari doesn't mind waiting ... for a little while!

Brittney and Tyrell

Tyler waited VERY nicely!

Cole won a prize!

So did Savannah!

Time for trophies! Daphne Cofer helps each athlete accept their award. Sallicia likes her trophy!

Brittney

Tinya

Adam

Tyrell

Omari

Tyler

Cole

David

Savannah

Brittney won a prize, too!

It's difficult to wait!

And it makes Adam tired. The teacher makes a good rest spot. 

We were all tired after a long week of Special Olympics, but we had a great time! Thanks to all our volunteers and helpers!

Wednesday, April 20, 2011

A Special Visitor

Today we had a special visitor in our classroom. Ms. Sandy brought in her little bunny to share with us.  We learned how to touch a pet gently.

Brittney

Omari

Sallicia

Tyrell
Sallicia


Adam

Omari

Cole

Cole and Tinya

David
Sallicia


Tyler

Tyler
The rabbit was especially patient with all of us passing it around. We all enjoyed our visit with the little rabbit!

Friday, February 25, 2011

Fun Friday

Today, we decided it was time to work on our Spring bulletin board. The students always make things for the board for each season. Ms. Laure is our resident art specialist, so she got us all started on painting the wings for our clothespin butterflies. Here are some pictures of our busy little butterflies today:
David

Sallicia

Sallicia


Cole and Mrs. Wilson

Cole

Tyler and Ms. Laure

Tyler

Tyrell

Tinya


Adam

Adam

Brittney

Brittney     
Then we had to put our finished products on our Spring bulletin board.
Tinya

Sallicia

Brittney

Adam

Tyler

Tyrell

David

Cole 
When we were finished, we did some torn paper activities. Tearing paper is an excellent way to improve fine motor skills, especially for our students who have OT needs, and we try to incorporate it into our art activities weekly.
Adam

David

Tyrell and Tyler

Sallicia

Tyler
We had a busy, messy, and fun day today!