Laws of Gravity

I'm really not sure what one story to tell to wrap up this school year, so instead I'm going to tell 13 mini stories. (This is a Thu...

The adult transition center starts its day about an hour later than everyone else. Which has been really nice.  The school shares its parkin...

I have mentioned Natalie's obsession with her computer before .  Most of the time, when she has computer time, she goes on YouTube and w...

At the adult transition center, the students don't "graduate". We had our "culmination" ceremony last Wednesday.  To...

One day on CNN 10 there was a story about "soft" robots . I thought they kind of looked like they were made of slime. I mentioned ...

Towards the end of the day, I like to muse aloud about what I'm thinking for the plans for the next school day. It was Thursday afternoo...

First thing in the morning, we do a "calendar" thing. It starts with changing the date on the board, but it encompasses the weathe...

On Wednesday, one of the other teachers arranged a picnic for the school.  When the picnic was announced, I discussed with all the aides. We...

There is software that the school uses for lessons for the students. It's geared towards their level, understanding-wise and age-wise. T...

First thing after the students arrive for the day, we do "calendar". I have turned this into almost an hour and a half of activiti...

The students at the adult transition center are ages 18 to 22. At age 22, they "age out".  As the end of the school year approache...

Natalie has certain behaviors. I've gone into detail about how she's always about getting on her computer , but there are other thin...

Mother's Day was Sunday. Last week, with Mother's Day approaching, I realized the class had to do some project for their mothers.  S...

It was about an hour before the end of the day. Vera (instructional assistant) suggested we put on some music. I opened up the floor for re...

1 . There are 19 school days left.  2 . I'm not generally a counter-down, but I am in this one class until the last day of school, so I ...

It was Tuesday. Morning snack time. I brought Doris her food. (Her family provides a croissant and a slice of spam.)  Doris eventually ate....

It was Thursday. We were watching CNN 10 . They did a story on the sun's eleven year solar cycle (as we're reaching a busy time, so...

When Natalie gets computer time, she goes from video to video on YouTube. She has not figured out how to exit. She just opens new tabs.  At...

Last week was the first week back from spring break. And we're all feeling the end of the school year's approach.  I don't norma...

The day before spring break (which was two Fridays ago) was forecasted to be hot. 90-something degree hot. On the day, we actually got up to...