November 12th

Some awesome things happened today...

• Delilah sat and did school with Robbie while I was otherwise occupied, and gently guided him through five pages in his workbook. I awarded her teacher of the day!

• Georgia set up a little emotional reset corner with pillows and books to help anyone in need of emotional support.

• Brooks got focused making a battle arena for Darth Vader and Darth Maul (I think) using hot glue and cardboard and creative engineering ideas.

• Robbie tackled a puzzle called the Kanoodler, and I was impressed with his persistence. It's a challenging puzzle!

• Elvis is the only one to sit down at every 'work' time (today 9:00, 10:00, and 1:00), and work his way through his exercises.

• Vienna made interesting creations with the glue gun and pom-poms, sequins and pipe cleaners.

• the guinea pigs were their awesome and tolerant selves. Does any guinea pig live a more exciting and varied life than our Rivendell pigs? I think not.

Less awesome....

• though everyone is initially excited about playing games like Toilet Tag and Kick-the-can, the games seem to end up in disappointment, discord, and tears.

• we need to work on problem-solving and replace name-calling and physical responses with Kindness and Respect.

So have a wonderful weekend.