Today was quite eventful, funny and sad!!! I was at the elementary school today working with the autistic child and he was so sweet. I had to work with students on different things so I was not with him the whole entire time, but he was sure to keep his eye on me and kept making sure I did not sneak out. The day started out great!!! A girl that we team teach with was teaching her lesson. Her lesson was about police. She was reading a book and it went through the alphabet and described stuff that was related to police. Well, she got to the letter J and it stood for jail. One of the students busted out and let us know that was where his daddy lived and they are mean to you there. I do not think I have ever felt my eyes get any bigger or my mouth drop open so quick as it did when he let us know that information. I was shocked!!! Clearly, it does not phase him at home or does not think about it. After I could re-group myself everything was fine. Until......
We were working in our centers and I wasn't able to be with the autistic child the whole time so he was working alone. He was doing a great job, just perfect little angel sitting over there doing his work. Well, it was time to switch centers and he did not want to. As soon as I saw him become unhappy I had to brace myself for what was about to happen. This child is very set in his ways. When he does not want to do something he will not do it. No matter how much you talk to him and try to reason with him or ANYTHING. I quietly got up from my station and went to him and asked him was he ready to move. He instantly said no and turned his back to me. Well, other students were coming to that center because that was their next center to go to. So, the teacher and I were cleaning up his place and telling him to just sit there and be quiet. Well, he didn't want his stuff cleaned up and nothing of his bothered. So, we walked away and was going to let him calm down. Seconds later I turned around and he is screaming and kicking and hitting. I thought, "HOW DID I SEE THIS COMING?" the teacher had to restrain the child and take him out of the classroom. It broke my heart because I hate seeing that and I hate seeing kids have to go through that, but I know they cannot help it. So, he was out of the classroom for a bit and then by the time he came back in we were on the carpet reading and he slid right beside me sucking his thumb and held my hand and leaned on me. All was right in his little world. He is such a sweet boy. He told me he was sorry and didn;t mean to do that and that he just doesn't like school sometimes and I said well that's okay because neither do I but that's a secret :) He thought that was funny.
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Sunday, October 17, 2010
Diesel Fuel and a Funeral
Today my Grandma Jackie, Granddaddy Thomas, Cinni-Mini, & Will.i.am traveled to Denton, NC to attend my great-great aunt's funeral. Aunt Jewel lived a long and wonderful life and is now is in heaven with Uncle Quinnie. Aunt Jewel was a wonderful artist and I will never forget her pink bathroom!
I did not attend the funeral because I had to teach my wonderful Sunday school class, but Cinni-Mini caught me up on the gossip! As some of you may know the cost of a funeral is extremely high, so Aunt Jewel wrote in her will that she wanted to be creamated. My mom and Granddaddy had the following conversation about creamation....
Cinni-Mini: Aunt Jewel probably wanted to be creamated because it is so much cheaper...
Granddaddy Thomas: The price of diesel fuel is pretty high these days..
Cinni-Mini: what does that have to do with anything?
Granddaddy Thomas: They had to use something to get her to fit in that little box.....how do you even know that's her in that box?
Needless to say Granddaddy Thomas does not want to be creamated!
Tomorrow is my last day at home and I have enjoyed seeing some of the family! And just in case y'all missed the game on Saturday...ECU beat NCSU!!! Arrggghhh
Sissy Ducks,
I did not attend the funeral because I had to teach my wonderful Sunday school class, but Cinni-Mini caught me up on the gossip! As some of you may know the cost of a funeral is extremely high, so Aunt Jewel wrote in her will that she wanted to be creamated. My mom and Granddaddy had the following conversation about creamation....
Cinni-Mini: Aunt Jewel probably wanted to be creamated because it is so much cheaper...
Granddaddy Thomas: The price of diesel fuel is pretty high these days..
Cinni-Mini: what does that have to do with anything?
Granddaddy Thomas: They had to use something to get her to fit in that little box.....how do you even know that's her in that box?
Needless to say Granddaddy Thomas does not want to be creamated!
Tomorrow is my last day at home and I have enjoyed seeing some of the family! And just in case y'all missed the game on Saturday...ECU beat NCSU!!! Arrggghhh
Sissy Ducks,
Monday, October 11, 2010
Sweet Sleep
Today Sweet Sleep asked anyone who has a blog to post this story! These orphans have my heart!
http://sweetsleep.blogspot.com/2010/10/today-is-day-to-make-700-dreams-happen.html
Sissy Ducks
http://sweetsleep.blogspot.com/2010/10/today-is-day-to-make-700-dreams-happen.html
Sissy Ducks
"Durn"
For those of you who know KLW, you know that she gets stuck on a sayin' and says it soo much that it rubs off on everyone around her! One summer she spent so much time with Grandma Jackie that she hasn't stopped saying "Shaw" to this day! However, her most well know sayin' is "durn"....and it has rubbed off on me to the point where my friends laugh whenever I say it. However, I have a better story about KLW'a influnce on others around her.......lets rewind about 3 years!
We had just gotten the keys to our hotel room! We have gone to Myrtle Beach every summer since I can remember and we usually stayed at the same place, but this year the parentals sprung for a hotel room at this awesome new hotel! Like with anything new KLW and I were excited to see what our hotel room would look like! As soon as we walked in the door KLW kept saying...."Durn there are three bedrooms!" "Durn, there is a tv in every room!" "Durn, they have running water! (just kidding).....but everything she said started with "durn".....Well Will.i.am had had enough!
Will.i.am: KLW don't let me hear you say durn one more time!! (In his big scary voice)
KLW: *rolls eyes*
Cinni-Mini: (from the bedroom) DURN, there is a dvd player in here!!
Will.i.am: There you go saying it!!!!
Cinni-Mini, KLW, & MAW: *hysterical laughing*
My poor daddy is out numbered!
As those of you who know KLW...she has a captivating and infectious personality and "durn" is here to stay!
Sissy Ducks (MAW)
**For people who are from up North (which includes Virginia) Durn is another way to say "dawgonit"**
We had just gotten the keys to our hotel room! We have gone to Myrtle Beach every summer since I can remember and we usually stayed at the same place, but this year the parentals sprung for a hotel room at this awesome new hotel! Like with anything new KLW and I were excited to see what our hotel room would look like! As soon as we walked in the door KLW kept saying...."Durn there are three bedrooms!" "Durn, there is a tv in every room!" "Durn, they have running water! (just kidding).....but everything she said started with "durn".....Well Will.i.am had had enough!
Will.i.am: KLW don't let me hear you say durn one more time!! (In his big scary voice)
KLW: *rolls eyes*
Cinni-Mini: (from the bedroom) DURN, there is a dvd player in here!!
Will.i.am: There you go saying it!!!!
Cinni-Mini, KLW, & MAW: *hysterical laughing*
My poor daddy is out numbered!
As those of you who know KLW...she has a captivating and infectious personality and "durn" is here to stay!
Sissy Ducks (MAW)
**For people who are from up North (which includes Virginia) Durn is another way to say "dawgonit"**
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
When going to the book fair with 1st graders be prepared to look and touch everything!!!!
Today I had to go back to my practicum and I was so excited to get back because I had missed working with my autistic child. It was so funny because right when I was getting their the class was in the hallway lined up going to the book fair. The child I work with spotted me within seconds. He was reaching and calling for me. I told him to let me go and put my stuff down real quick and that I would catch up with him. The first event to happen today was the class had to stop by the bathrooms on the way to the book fair. Well, the other girls in my group and I were talking in the hallway and started laughing and I hear this voice telling us " Don't y'all know you're not suppose to laugh in the hallway." I turned around and all I saw was a little boy grinning at me. He will keep us straight if nothing else!
So, today was BOOK FAIR day for my little 1st graders!!! They were so excited to get to the book fair, they could hardly wait! First of all we had to sit down and listen to the librarian tell us where everything was. She told us where the books were, bookmarks, and posters were. Well, the librarian made the comment that there were still some Justin Bieber posters left. One little girl says "YES!!" and made us laugh. She was so excited about that poster of Justin Bieber. After we got through listening to where everything was, the fun began!!! I stuck with my friend because I knew if I did not go with him I would hear my name being called any second. I literally think we picked up everything in the book fair. We had to look at the books and the pictures and the posters and the bookmarks. Also, the best part about the book fair is the STUFF at the register. All of that little stuff was touched as well. Finally, we settled for a book on legos and an eraser that looked like 50 dollars. When we were waiting for the others to finish shopping he asked me was I going to work with him today and I said yes and asked him if that was okay. He said it was okay and that he loved me and grabbed my arm and put it around him. I told you he is very sweet! So, after the "FUN" time at the book fair we were FREE again and left!!
Back in the classroom was a little difficult today but we got through it the best we could. We did stations and the first station went fine but the next station just did not go well. This was a station where the children's reading is assessed. The teacher was talking to the group of students about apples and then they read a book. Well, they were doing circle maps and the child I work with just was not doing the assignment and was writing whatever came to his mind on the paper. I could tell the teacher was getting very frustrated with him and I told him to stop for a minute and regroup. So, we stopped and we took a breather for a few seconds and then started again. After our regroup session he started writing words that were correct and then later just started scribbling on this paper. The teacher took this paper and pencil and put it behind her and this child DID NOT like that. The fun began!!!! I could tell he was very frustrated and he would not listen or do anything I would tell him. It was almost like he was in high speed because he took all of his books out of his book box and was going through them very fast and then every movement he did was in high speed. I did not try to stop him or calm him down because he needed to get that out of his system. After about a minute we were calm again and ready to read! The other students read their page and then it was his turn to show off his reading skills. He did an amazing job at reading and pronounced all of the words correctly. I was so proud of him!! :)
I noticed today that when he was reading it required him to concentrate and usually when autistic children are concentrating they may tap their foot or the table or playing with their hair, etc. Well, today he was playing with the eraser he had bought at the book fair. He also started to rock back and forth in his chair while he read, that was okay with me, as long as that is what he had to do to concentrate. After stations were over we went down to the carpet to learn about firefighters. The child started out sitting beside me and then gradually ended up in my lap. He is one sneaky little boy. The lesson I learned today is when I have a autistic child in my class, I will have things for them to hold or allow them to bring things in that comfort them while they do their work. There are a lot of things I think could be changed in that classroom that would work better for him. But who am I to tell the teacher of the classroom how to do things?? After we were done with everything it was time for us to leave and for the class to go to lunch. The kids were in line and waved bye. It was an eventful day but I learned a lot of things today and had such a great time!
Sissy Ducks
KLW
So, today was BOOK FAIR day for my little 1st graders!!! They were so excited to get to the book fair, they could hardly wait! First of all we had to sit down and listen to the librarian tell us where everything was. She told us where the books were, bookmarks, and posters were. Well, the librarian made the comment that there were still some Justin Bieber posters left. One little girl says "YES!!" and made us laugh. She was so excited about that poster of Justin Bieber. After we got through listening to where everything was, the fun began!!! I stuck with my friend because I knew if I did not go with him I would hear my name being called any second. I literally think we picked up everything in the book fair. We had to look at the books and the pictures and the posters and the bookmarks. Also, the best part about the book fair is the STUFF at the register. All of that little stuff was touched as well. Finally, we settled for a book on legos and an eraser that looked like 50 dollars. When we were waiting for the others to finish shopping he asked me was I going to work with him today and I said yes and asked him if that was okay. He said it was okay and that he loved me and grabbed my arm and put it around him. I told you he is very sweet! So, after the "FUN" time at the book fair we were FREE again and left!!
Back in the classroom was a little difficult today but we got through it the best we could. We did stations and the first station went fine but the next station just did not go well. This was a station where the children's reading is assessed. The teacher was talking to the group of students about apples and then they read a book. Well, they were doing circle maps and the child I work with just was not doing the assignment and was writing whatever came to his mind on the paper. I could tell the teacher was getting very frustrated with him and I told him to stop for a minute and regroup. So, we stopped and we took a breather for a few seconds and then started again. After our regroup session he started writing words that were correct and then later just started scribbling on this paper. The teacher took this paper and pencil and put it behind her and this child DID NOT like that. The fun began!!!! I could tell he was very frustrated and he would not listen or do anything I would tell him. It was almost like he was in high speed because he took all of his books out of his book box and was going through them very fast and then every movement he did was in high speed. I did not try to stop him or calm him down because he needed to get that out of his system. After about a minute we were calm again and ready to read! The other students read their page and then it was his turn to show off his reading skills. He did an amazing job at reading and pronounced all of the words correctly. I was so proud of him!! :)
I noticed today that when he was reading it required him to concentrate and usually when autistic children are concentrating they may tap their foot or the table or playing with their hair, etc. Well, today he was playing with the eraser he had bought at the book fair. He also started to rock back and forth in his chair while he read, that was okay with me, as long as that is what he had to do to concentrate. After stations were over we went down to the carpet to learn about firefighters. The child started out sitting beside me and then gradually ended up in my lap. He is one sneaky little boy. The lesson I learned today is when I have a autistic child in my class, I will have things for them to hold or allow them to bring things in that comfort them while they do their work. There are a lot of things I think could be changed in that classroom that would work better for him. But who am I to tell the teacher of the classroom how to do things?? After we were done with everything it was time for us to leave and for the class to go to lunch. The kids were in line and waved bye. It was an eventful day but I learned a lot of things today and had such a great time!
Sissy Ducks
KLW
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