[3238] in APO News
horizons initiative, take 2
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Bradley J Lichtenstein)
Wed May 6 02:29:38 1998
Date: Wed, 6 May 1998 02:27:40 -0400
From: Bradley J Lichtenstein <robocop2@MIT.EDU>
To: apo-news@MIT.EDU
Cc: robocop2@MIT.EDU
Hi again,
And if your busy schedules don't allow you to make a regularly
scheduled two hour slot SOMEWHERE in the week, I'd always appreciate
"guest lecturers" to come with me on Monday mornings. Just come up
with a small presentation or activity or art project that small kids
would be interested in, and I'll let you loose on them. Use lots of
(simple and large) visual aids, and objects you can pass around to
them, and some patience---from what I've seen, there is about zero
chance that any of them will fall asleep. Keeping them still is
tough, but if you can grab and hold their attention, you'll be set.
:) And if you enjoy it, you can go to the next training session.
These kids are for the most part adorable angels; not perfect, but you
can read the mood swings in their body language from a mile away and
can easily comfort them. I've discovered that a bawling toddler can
be put into a much better mood by giving him/her a hug and asking
what's wrong.
Take care, in LFS,
Brad L.
