You Know You're Teaching an SPD Kiddo When . . .
I still get comments on the "You Know When..." lists of mine, so I thought I would post one for the teachers out there--
All of those men and women who have spent the last few weeks getting to know our darling kiddos as students in their class.
You Know You're Teaching an SPD Kiddo When...(a list for teachers and all of us who watch our kids struggle in school)
1. He chews his pencil, both the eraser and the lead, all day long.
2. He can’t seem to stay seated for over 30 seconds.
3. He constantly wants to get a “drink” but really he is just playing in the sink.
4. During circle time he sits virtually on top of the kid next to him.
5. You have to remind him that he cannot touch the hair of the girl next to him—no matter how cool it looks.
6. You implement Handwriting Without Tears program the first day — because you can’t read anything he writes.
7. He wears the same pair of Soft sweatpants (made to look like jeans) every single day.
8. He is the only one in class standing at his desk.
9. He BLURTS out the answers to every question, and talks all through story time.
10. At recess he climbs on the very TIP TOP of the jungle gym, where he is NOT allow.
11. He spends more time under the table than sitting at it.
12. He lit up when he saw the ball pit in the resource room.
13. He refuses to eat in the cafeteria on “Sloppy Joe Day” because it smells awful.
14. The collar, the sleeves, and a strange place directly in the center of his shirt are all dripping with spit from being chewed on all day.
15. Everyone around him gets a HUGE bear hug, whether they like it or not.
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All of those men and women who have spent the last few weeks getting to know our darling kiddos as students in their class.
You Know You're Teaching an SPD Kiddo When...(a list for teachers and all of us who watch our kids struggle in school)
1. He chews his pencil, both the eraser and the lead, all day long.
2. He can’t seem to stay seated for over 30 seconds.
3. He constantly wants to get a “drink” but really he is just playing in the sink.
4. During circle time he sits virtually on top of the kid next to him.
5. You have to remind him that he cannot touch the hair of the girl next to him—no matter how cool it looks.
6. You implement Handwriting Without Tears program the first day — because you can’t read anything he writes.
7. He wears the same pair of Soft sweatpants (made to look like jeans) every single day.
8. He is the only one in class standing at his desk.
9. He BLURTS out the answers to every question, and talks all through story time.
10. At recess he climbs on the very TIP TOP of the jungle gym, where he is NOT allow.
11. He spends more time under the table than sitting at it.
12. He lit up when he saw the ball pit in the resource room.
13. He refuses to eat in the cafeteria on “Sloppy Joe Day” because it smells awful.
14. The collar, the sleeves, and a strange place directly in the center of his shirt are all dripping with spit from being chewed on all day.
15. Everyone around him gets a HUGE bear hug, whether they like it or not.
Read more »
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