The grand finale comes on Friday when we take a trip to the moon. We then use a variety of therapy equipment such as egg crated mattresses, large wedges, mats, ball pools and small trampolines and place them on the floor to make the moon surface. We cover everything on the floor with white or gray sheets or blankets. For our space voyage we take our rocket ship and place it on a dolly. We play some recorded music from Star Wars as we salute our brave astronaut and help them into the rocket.
Staff take turns pushing the dolly as fast as they can to the room with the moon.
We then help the children walk on the moon's surface. In the afternoon we write a group story about our experience. We're all tired at the end of the day but the end results are well worth it. Sharon LeBlanc, M.Ed.