2011-09-08: Lawrence

今天在往學校的路上, 我和zoe在聊天時說到：

zo, 你今天去學校要笑咪咪和大家說good morning! 媽咪給你一個hug和一個kiss就會離開囉！

不可以哭哭喔, 不然今天（下課回家）就沒有巧克力牛奶當點心喔！

樂在後座馬上傳來一句：mom, you said no threatening!

我連忙向他解釋說：

我沒有在威脅小妹啦！我今天早上吃早餐時小妹說要帶巧克力牛奶當點心, 我說不行！原因是他喝了牛奶就一定會吃不下水果/中餐! 所以我有和她約定好, 如果今天去學校上課沒有哭哭, 回家就可以有巧克力牛奶喝了！所以我只是在做一次提醒的動作！

小孩真的時時刻刻都在檢驗你啊～

Not only have to talk the talk, but also walk the talk!

今天在play ground, 樂與一位nursery的孩子相撞！因為兩人都沒看到彼此往自己的方向跑來！

可是樂被撞倒後, 不是先看看弟弟有沒有受傷, 而是低頭看看自己上週才掛彩的膝蓋有沒有流血！

請他去向弟弟道個歉說自己不是故意撞倒弟弟的, 也不是挺願意！

害得我一直得替他和弟弟的阿嬷道歉

幸好弟弟只有手肘處有些許擦傷的痕跡

看來要和樂提醒意外發生時的須知囉～

2011-09-07: Lawrence

我在往回家地路上, 在新生高架橋上飆速開車

Lawrence 便在後座說了句：

媽, 你以前告訴我不能做的事, 你現在（卻）做的話; 我會提醒你（不要犯錯！）

當場, 我整個人愣了一下之後, 回答說：

嗯, 樂, 謝謝你提醒我, 我有時候還真的很會忘記自己講過的話呢！

Lawrence似乎很滿意我的回答, 便回我說：嗯！以後我還是會提醒你的！

2011-08-22 Zoe: First day @ TES

Zoe was having a rather hard time for her first day!

She was having attitudes and pouting all the time!

Like to grabbing stuff without asking other kids first and looking worried all the time!

I left her around 8:35!

Ms. Karen said she was good after I left and she also wore a smily face while I picked her up today!

Found a scratch on her left waist! Zoe told me that she was grabbing and pulling from other's toy!

2011-08-22 Lawrence: Back to school day!

Today is the first day of school!

Lori said that he spent the playtime and lunch time reading his books instead of playing with other kids.

Books are: Magic tree house #38/#39

Not read it thoroughly, so I asked him to re-read it again and again!

Chess class @16:00

Learning new strategy about Pawn!

How to paint the portrait of a bird

It's also a lesson in capturing the moment, giving it temporary shelter, and then releasing the moment in order to re-experience it again in the future.

2011-06-09 zoe的童言

睡覺前在浴室刷牙時與Zo的對話

跟他說, 牙齒要刷乾淨, 因為晚上有吃很甜很黏牙的餅乾點心

如果不刷乾淨, 以後長大牙齒會黑黑的很醜

不然, 我們還是去請牙醫阿姨檢查好了～

Zo 說, 我才不要長大

K說, 好, 不要長大; 不然當北鼻好啦, 可是當北鼻也是要把牙齒刷乾淨啊～

Zo 說, 我又不是北鼻

K說, 那不然你是什麼啦？～

Zo 說, 我..我就是矮矮的人啊

2011-05-24

今天光光老師在課後與我談到樂樂目前處於穩定的狀況！

除了與老師較熟悉了之後, 分際拿捏有時會較不恰當之外 （身體界限/要求方式）

其餘都沒什麼太大的問題！

尤其在1-1的教學上更是察覺不出樂有什麼太過特殊的特質！

但是在團體的相處上, 關於自我情緒的管理, 以及過於直接了當的表達將會是樂今後的挑戰源頭！

光光老師提到“早療課程畢業 （告一段落）“的想法！

我的心裡其實有點不安的

樂從第一次和光光老師碰面到現在已有將近2.5y (2008.10~2011.05)的時間

一直以來, 每週一次的職能治療一直是我和樂的情緒出口！

我們 （樂和我）一起與光光老師發現問題, 處理問題, 調整問題, 解決問題！

實在很難想像如果有一天, 沒有了這每週一次的聚會

一旦碰到問題時, 我是該如何面對呢！

距離6月底還有一段時間,

樂與我要慢慢學習適應即將沒有光光老師的時間

學習獨立面對問題時的衝擊

加油！

2011-05-17 swimming class

Was complained about having swimming class twice a week in the morning time!

Said that he had a wonderful time w/ Mr. 光光 cuz they played shuffle on i-pad; this is to train his ability to figure out consequences!

Swimming class:

start w/ crawl stroke

then, backstroke

and then, breast stroke

finally, he had the time trial for the fun swimming contest on 5/29

47.94/47.03

The coach encouraged him that he can start practicing diving after he can break the record of 38sec.

Lori was pretty happy at the end of the class!

The Child's Plea

The Child's Plea

Let me do it myself.
That's the way I learn.

My fingers aren't nimble
movement's not refined,
my judgement is shaky
but don't keep me confined.

Experience is lacking
but how will I grow?
I need your faith and your love,
I have to stumble, I know.

Let me discover answers
it may be slower now,
but next time I'll remember
the "why" and the "how."

I'll think independently
if just given the chance,
then on future issues
I'll take a responsible stance.

Do me a favor,
please set me free.
Too much assistance
won't let me be me.

Help me do it myself
is all that I ask,
for I am becoming...
that is my life's task.

Patricia Feltin
1987

2011-02-22 Class w/ Ms. Tina Okele

......................

I want to brag on Lawrence! He did very well during our session yesterday! We worked on the social skills--manners. I turned the gamed "Go Fish" in to "Manners, Go Fish" in which we had to use 'Please', 'May I' and 'Thank you' for each turn or we lost our turn. Lawrence did marvelously! I was very impressed, especially since in a previous lesson, he refused to use his manners, insisting that he didn't need to use them. Lawrence definitely deserves an extra cuddle from you for how well he used his manners yesterday during our session. :)

........

Tina

2011-02-15 Class w/ Ms. Tina Okele

Hello Kristin,

I'm sorry I couldn't email earlier, I was needed at the Center all of the afternoon. Since Lawrence requested it last week, I brought in the game I had made again. I was amazed that he remembered the rules and directions exactly--better than I did! Again, he did a good job playing the game, although he insisted that he has never felt some of the emotions on the game pieces. You might ask him about that. Next week we'll move on to something different--I don't want to wear out a good thing with the game by playing it too many weeks in a row!

Best regards,
Tina

2011-02-08 Class w/ Ms. Tina Okele

Hello Kristin,

Lawrence and I had a great session today! I made a new game for he and I to play today and he did a fantastic job with it! I was really impressed with him! The game used a traditional set of tumbling blocks or Jenga as it's called in the States, but I wrote feeling words on the backs of the blocks. We then either had to act the emotion/tell a story about ourselves using the emotion word/or tell a story about someone else (in this case, my dog, Lance) using the emotion word. Lawrence did a fantastic job acting out the emotions. Some were hard for him, like bored and ashamed, but he tried. In the cases where it was hard, I tried to tell a story about Lance as an example (Lawrence likes to hear about Lance). I think he enjoyed the game because he asked me to bring it back next week so we can play again :)

I hope that you had a very Happy New Year!
Best Regards,
Tina

2011-01-24 Class w/ Ms. Tina Okele

Hello Kristin,

I hope this email finds you and Lawrence well!

Lawrence is doing well, but I do think that he would benefit from a group setting too. He especially needs to work on social skills--he and I do are doing this, but it would be most effective it were with peers his own age. I'm looking out for others who would benefit from something similar that I could work more intensely with, but in the meantime, I'll continue my work with him one-on-one! He and I are still working on emotions, and manners as well--social skills :) Again, I'll make an especially hard effort to remember to write you what we specifically what we do in the session afterwards so that you can know what's going on as well as talk about it with Lawrence!

I hope that you have a very Happy Lunar New Year!
Tina

2011-01-15 Charlene's studio

Theme book: The troll

Author: Julia Donalson/Illustrator: David Roberts

Theme book: Peekaboo bugs

by David A. Carter

2011-01-11 Class w/ Ms. Tina Okele

Hello Kristin,

Happy New Year! Thank you very much for the gift! I got it last week when I went back to the office. It was very thoughtful of you, and much appreciated! :)

In the meeting with Lawrence today, we worked on a making a feeling game. To do this, we made oversized paper dice. Lawrence drew faces that showed emotions on them while I wrote 'Act' and 'Tell' on my dice. We then cut them out and folded them into cubes. Next time, we will play the feeling game which is to roll each of the dice, then we will either act out or tell about the emotion that was rolled. Lawrence was fixated on the emotion 'anger' today. Four of the six sides of the dice were angry faces (the other two were silly and happy). He was quite set on drawing anger no matter how much I suggested different. The positive side is that he was very enthusiastic about drawing the angry faces and he even demonstrated the face to me :) I will continue to work on relaxing Lawrence's rigid thinking as well as exploring feelings and broadening his social skills.

Best regards,
Tina

2010.11.24 Zoe

Today, when dad said bye and luv u to Zoe, "oh~see u tomorrow (喔, 明天見）"said by Zoe

We two were all stunned by what she said and I even corrected her that "it's seeing you tonite!"

but, we later realized what she said to her daddy is 100% true because she normally sees him only in the morning time!

100410' Lawrence

Lory told me that a child called Hector hit him on his chest w/ his fist, but he did not fight back!

I asked why?

L: "Because he was not behalf himself!"

K: "How so?"

L: "Because I was taking out his points?"

K: "What points?"

L: "Joyce (隨車阿姨）said that I (assigned leader) can taking out the points if kids were not sitting well in the school bus, so I did so to Hector in the playtime, and he doesn't like it, so he hit me!"

"He hit me while R--, Y--, and Na--- are around me, and I can't believe he dare to do that!"

Once again, he insisted that he did not fight back!

2010.10.5 feedback from Ms. Chang

I spoke and Ms. Lee did too with the boys sorted. Hope it won't happen again!

Thanks! Ms. Chang

Just for the record!!

Cuz someone's mom said that Lori hit her kid and she did not feel comfortable about it! I passed this info. to her class teacher, she replied me in the mail as below:

Dear Kristin,

I emailed all the staff but their replies were all positive - no bad
behaviours on the playground / break times. However, I will keep that
in mind.

Thanks,
Miss Chang

Can't help himself of mocking dog and cat!! while in the chess class~

Chess after-class practice: on-line game

092910' Lawrence

4th art-work class- Frog
材料：粉臘筆/油彩筆

很是自在揮灑的模樣！

BTW, Lori told me that he and other 4 boys have got 9 smily faces by Wed....

Good job, kiddo, please keep up!

092910' Zoe

Go to doctor- 劉建宏
診斷：鼻竇發炎！痰略多, 需排痰！
用藥注意事項：用藥後, 鼻涕會增多, 屬正常現象！

雖然掛病號, 食慾還是不錯！
不過更會耍小脾氣了！

092810' Lawrence

Ms. Woodall came to me and said that Lawrence goes and talks to her class everyday and smiles at her! She said that Lory is a bright boy!

Heather said that she saw Lory was walking with 3 girls (hand-in-hand)while she was bringing the lunch to Nat-Nat during lunch time. And that was a huge news for Lory c'z holding 3 girls hands (how?) and getting along with 'em freely... good boy!

Got 3 smily faces and 9 ticks at school today!

We found his snack pouch and "CLICK" at lost-and-found box!