Friday, August 3, 2007

Dylan's class interaction

I visited St Gerard's again to pick Dylan up at 2.30pm. But he already ran out of battery by 2pm. Yen & Francis observed that he was already having low battery (very low energy level) by 1.30pm, although he continued to play the simple & modified board game, where the 2 kids (the other being 6-yr old Amanda) are assisted by a teacher each from behind, and are to roll a dice, which shows different colours, then pick up a geometrical shape with the same colour, and place the shape on different parts of a cardboard picture (eg. a truck) with velcro attached.

What's encouraging to hear from Yen is that Dylan often looks at Amanda's facial expression, then at Yen, whereas Amanda is only looking at the shapes and not so interested in anyone else. Francis also tells me of his trying out not to tell Dylan what exactly he's to do - but in this case, it's when Dylan's found on top of the shelves. Francis went up to him and said no sternly and just by holding his hand, Dylan sat down, and later came down of it.

I was also told that Dylan's been really affectionate, and hugs his classmates and his teachers as well.

Anyway, at home, I got him to do 10 sit-ups, counting down. He pulled up on his own, and initially keeps wanting to go away once he's up, but he allowed me to guide him to continue. Towards the later part, he doesn't resist my help anymore and was in fact anticipating the next lying down on my legs, and to pull himself up.

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