Wednesday was an awesome day in the classroom! One of the little boys that I'm working with listened to me and did everything I asked (and more) and had such a great day. In the morning he started to act up a little then I sat next to him and made a deal with him where if he had a good day, I would bring him a treat the next day. So throughout the day, I gave him small goals where he had to do two pages of his math packet and do a few pages in the science packet. While he was working on them I would walk away and then come back and check on him so he learns how to be responsible for himself and so that he learns that someone cannot be there to walk him through everything all the time.
When I went back to check, he was so far in his math and got done with about three pages not only two. I know it sounds like not much but for the way he works and for his personality, it was so much for him to accomplish! I was so proud of him so I complimented him and I didn't realize how polite he was. He said "yes, please" "thank you" or "you're welcome". I guess I just assumed that because he would get in trouble, he didn't know his manners so I was very impressed by him. When it came close to the end of the day, another boy was picking on him and I sat back and watched the entire thing happen. I saw that the boy I work with pushed the other little boy back over a pencil that was taken from him. They went back and forth a little and when I saw my little boy boil up, I saw that he made a fist and was very angry. Before he had the chance to pick up that fist I yelled his name and asked him to step outside with me. He listened and walked out without a problem. I asked him to tell me what happened and he told me exactly what I saw. The impressive part was that he even told me what he did without me having to ask. I knew he wasn't to blame completely but I did have both the boys apologize to each other.
While I was outside talking with him, I explained that when we get upset we release poison into our bodies and the poison makes us release more and more each time. When I said that to him, he looked at me with a surprised look and said "I don't want poison in my body" so I taught him how to release the poison and the way to do that is t take deep breaths. We practiced that a bit and then when he was ready to go back in, we did. Because he had a good day, I promised that I would bring that treat the next day so I made a trip to Target that night.
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