Juniors

Today my students walked by some pictures of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and at least two of them said, "That's John McCain!" Ummm, no. I think we need to have a history lesson.

At the beginning of the school year, George (one of my highly intelligent autistic kindergarten students) did not speak or follow many directions. He is now saying a few phrases like "hello" "goodbye" and "What are you doing teacher?" This afternoon the class was playing Monopoly Jr. (practicing the value of money, counting, and social skills). George wanted to be in charge of the die, and he accidently elbowed Jack in the nose when he was trying to grab it. I told George to say, "I'm sorry" to Jack. So he said, "I'm sorry." Then he said, "Are you ok?" and rubbed his back to sooth him! To some people it may not seem like a big step, but to me it is. He formed an appropriate question of concern by himself AND initiated appropriate human contact. Smile :)