My old classroom

I wanted to put up pics of my old classroom to give some people ideas on classroom set up but I can't seem to find updated ones.  These are pics from when I was just setting up at the beginning of the schoolyear and don't reflect changes I've made since then.  I would have put up pictures of our circle area which I was particularly proud of. By the way, those empty boxes were a HUGE hit with the children :).  Had a lot of imaginative play with those...

The Learning Haven

I went to visit my friend's school last week and it was fun being in the classroom and observing again.  Not as fun as running the show of course :) but it was good to watch and learn new things.  That day I learned how to make a homemade volcano, among other things of course.   The Learning Haven is a regular school (preschool to kindergarten/prep) that accepts some kids with special needs on a case to case basis.

Autism Society Philippines' Angels walk for Autism

    

After stopping to ask a couple of times, got to the Music Hall at the Mall of Asia on Sunday, January 16, 2011 at 6:00 am (more or less).  After some warm up numbers and a number of opening remarks, we got to do a short walk around the mall.  I was amazed at the number of organizations, schools and families that participated (even though I knew that a lot are still unaccounted for).  I was also amazed by the program that SM had to orient their employees on how to deal sensitively and appropriately with people with disabilities (or PWDs).  Granted, it was in response to an unfortunate incident (http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/212905/the-autism-story)  in one of their malls, but the action taken was very timely and appropriate. I was so touched by whole families showing up in support of their children or family member with autism - so brave and so proud :).