{"id":58377,"date":"2017-02-21T09:56:32","date_gmt":"2017-02-21T15:56:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/mchenry\/?p=58377"},"modified":"2017-02-21T09:56:32","modified_gmt":"2017-02-21T15:56:32","slug":"new-attitude","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/mchenry\/literacy\/new-attitude","title":{"rendered":"New \u201cattitude\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

Aaron recently started a new session of literacy at the playhouse after a couple years of a hiatus.\u00a0\u00a0The first thing all students do when the begin literacy is create a family book with photos.\u00a0\u00a0Now that Aaron is older, his tutor requested that we make a couple new books as well.\u00a0\u00a0We made one called \u201cThe Places I Go\u201d with pictures of places we frequent and another called \u201cMy Favorite Foods\u201d with pictures of all his favorite things he likes to eat.\u00a0\u00a0He displayed great interest in these books when Hope, his current tutor presented them to him.\u00a0\u00a0When I present anything school related at home, I get responses of \u201cNO\u201d, \u201call done\u201d, or \u201cquiet\u201d – so I sent them into school for them to use.<\/p>\n

I received letters from the teacher almost immediately telling me how great the little books were and that he read one during author chair time in front of the whole class and how very proud of himself he was.<\/p>\n

Every week I observe him reading with Hope.\u00a0 He is actually pointing at the words and saying them out loud.\u00a0 He tells her the same \u201cNO\u201d, \u201call done\u201d, and \u201cquiet\u201d as well as climbing under the table to avoid the work.\u00a0 She takes that as an invitation to join him down under the table and read on the floor.<\/p>\n

Aaron has mountains of energy and changes focus quickly, but she patiently sits, waits and then reengages him. \u00a0Both of his teachers are noticing a difference.\u00a0 Here is note I recently received from one of them:<\/p>\n

\u201cI just wanted to tell you about Aaron during our writing time.\u00a0 He is always present, but may be a reluctant participant. (Sometimes he puts his head down and may cover his face.) \u00a0Today he got up when it was his turn and helped tell a story for me to write on the board.\u00a0 I had a farm picture and he told me each animal.\u00a0 He pointed and indicated that the horse was next to the pig.\u00a0 When I asked what else he could tell me about the animals he told me each one that had a tail (Horse tail.\u00a0 Pig tail. Chicken tail.) while he pointed at them.\u00a0 Afterwards he reread it with me (copying my words), as he pointed to each word. \u00a0 He was amazing!!\u00a0 Great progress!\u201d<\/p>\n

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I don\u2019t know the reasoning behind his new \u201cattitude\u201d, but I am attributing it to the literacy program at GiGi\u2019s Playhouse McHenry County! \u200b<\/p>\n

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