Whānau and staff combined their creativity to produce resources for children to use at home and in the centre. Making of faces was popular with whānau and, with faces being a natural motivator, were well received by the children.
The facial expressions have been used to reinforce social skills, understand feelings of others, and encourage fixing gaze and following.
Families also made sensory bottles, with glitter drifting through liquid filled bottles to settle at the bottom, producing a calming effect for some and visual stimulation for others, especially when a torch light was shone through the bottle in a darkened room.
Butterflies were made using contrasting colours, reflective materials and tactile resources, offering visual stimulation as the butterfly moved in space in time to a favourite song: Fuzzy Wuzzy Caterpillar / Fly Fly Butterfly.
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