A Seat on the Bus: Reversing Musical Chairs
Goal: To show children how they can turn exclusive situations in inclusive ones.
Activity: Begin with a classic game of “Musical Chairs”:
Place chairs in a circle with one fewer chair than there are students.
Play music and have the children walk around the chairs.
Tell students that when the music [...]
There was a time when Maddie was the messiest child I’d ever seen.
Today, the kids were playing in some mud puddles ( I wrote more about it here ) and Maddie wasn’t all that interested.
At the end of the day, she was the driest kid I had. I guess she is growing up. I guess [...]
I’ve started writing another blog for our local newspaper ( www.blogsmonroe.com/moms ). I try to keep this blog mainly about Angelman Syndrome and the other one is supposed to be focused on local stuff, and general parenting, and completely random.
But I’ve yet to mention Maddie and Angelman Syndrome. I have a lot of guilt about this. [...]
