Miles 4/6/09

Who: Miles
Where:Saint Joseph School, Inc.
Age: 4 years old
Gender: Male
Time: 3:15-5:00

Outside Play:
As Miles put his jacket on, he was able to zip up his zipper all by himself. He even helped another child zip up his zipper. Outside, Miles threw a frisbee in a straight line and flat. He threw it directly to the child he was playing with. After, he kicked the snow on the snowhill for a while, and then he kicked ice chunks on the blacktop. Eventually he and a few other children found sticks. They used the sticks to write in the snowhill. Miles wrote an "H". Later he went over to a metal pole and hit the stick on there because it made a sound. He hit it a few times (in no particular rhythm). Another child hit the pole with a frisbee. Miles waited while this child hit the pole. When he was done, Miles hit the pole again with his stick.

Inside: Snack
Again Miles was able to open the hand sanitizer up and pump it on his hands, close it and stand in line. Before we said our Our Father in Signed English, Miles said it on his own. He knew almost every sign without help. We have been working on this for about three weeks. His signs were very accurate. At snack today, we told stories. Every child had a few chances to tell stories, either made up or real. Miles went last. At first he was very impatient and did not want to wait his turn. After a few children went he calmed down. When it was his turn, he mostly told stories similar to the ones he heard already. One was made up, and he was jumping off a cliff. I asked him some questions about his story and he was able to come up with accurate made up answers related to the scenario. The second story he told was real. It was about a movie he had a home that was scary. It was about a bad guy who wants to kiss a good girl. He talked about this movie after one of his friends told a story about a movie. When Miles wanted water, he took the pitcher and poured it on his own. He did not spill anything. After snack he cleaned up his garbage and threw it away on his own.

Inside: Project
Today we made maracas. The teacher had to show the children how to papier mache the balloons. Put the strips of paper in the mixture, pick it up, squeeze it off, and put it on the balloon. Miles was able to follow each step in order. He was able to squeeze off the extra mixture by placing the strip of paper between two fingers and pulling on one end.

Inside: Free Play
Miles wanted to look in his Spanish folder. As he did, he pulled out the papers, showed them to me and put them back in on his own. When he was looking at one of the papers, he started giggling because he colored a man's pants and shoes yellow. He said they were made out of mustard. During this time I asked him and another child if they could skip, and Miles could with no difficulty. We had a balloon that had popped, and Miles took a scissors and cut off the bottom of it to create a "basket".