Swimming in treacle!

Well three weeks into the new school year have already gone!! 

I really want to get this Story completed before I lose my 'Autumnal' theme and Winter is upon us. Yet since writing my last blog many things have been happening in the home in the garden and of course that impacts on my Sensory Story world! 

OK so who moved the cupboards?

At home the contents of the kitchen are gradually disappearing into various other rooms in the house - new units arriving next week and we still need to lift and level the floor and paint the walls and ceiling!!! 








In the garden  - well? - I wondered whether my husband had been moved so much by watching Les Mis that he was building his own barricade? Apparently not. 
I should have realised it was the need for Moneypenny (our old lady of a hen) to relinquish her free reign of the garden (and veggie patch) she needed to be penned in a little more. Hence the barricade building! 

Build the barricade!

As for my Sensory Story? Some days the challenge of writing is easy, words and ideas flow freely - other days I feel as if I am swimming in treacle! 

On a positive note though, I have completed all the supporting documentation pages to my Story and am in the final stages of backing up what I have to say with references, checking for typo's and formatting the pages before printing. Now wish I had kept my old laminator. Maybe Santa will be kind? 

It would be a good point here to say 'thank you' to those friends and colleagues who have provided some constructive feedback on the content of the Story and the Pack- much appreciated. Your thoughts have been taken on board. 

One friend/colleague has given me further food for thought.... her comments appeared to suggest that the Sensory Story and information pack could be used by Practitioners in other Early Years settings. This is something I hadn't really thought about. My intention was to provide a 'bespoke' resource for the school where I work - something that can be used as a strategy for developing Speech, Language and Communication needs (SLCN).

Reading her feedback made complete sense! Yes, this could be used as a resource for other settings too. I am all for disseminating good practice, so with this in mind I am 'tweaking' some parts of my Information Resource Pack to become more accessible to those working in other sectors such as Childminders and Nurseries. Not quite sure whether there will be a SLCN Sensory Story 'market' out there waiting to be tapped into?  I am sure I will soon find out.

A few resources the SMELL of wood smoke and the SOUND of rustling leaves!

Well off now to wade through a bit more treacle!