Today was my last day with the Magic Me! project. It's really weird for a few different reasons... one is that I am sad I won't be seeing the other girls from QM that I worked with. They were all fantastic- Shidvash, Arrka, Amanda and Lauren, and of course Sarah and Catherine- and it will be weird not seeing them every Wednesday from now on. It's also very strange that I only got to talk to Elsie twice; she was great today, she kept falling asleep but was very chatty and actually answered the questions Sameera and I asked her, which was fantastic. I'm very sad to have only been able to see Sameera and the other children only twice, as well.
Our project today was pretty fun, Elsie doesn't like miming things so she didn't do much to act out our "picnic scene." But once we got going with making our flowers and putting five facts about each of us, and then five things the three of us have in common, she was superb. I was very impressed with Sameera, too- she was very good about repeating a question a few times, and acknowledging that sometimes Elsie didn't remember the answer, and either finding it out a different way (for example, when Elsie couldn't remember her age, Sameera asked what her birthday and year were) or just choosing a different question. These are some of the facts we came up with (I can't remember them all):
Elsie- Born in London, October 9, 1940, her favorite colour is black since it goes with everything, she likes sitting out in the sun in the garden, likes musicals
Sameera- Born in London, but her mother is from Somalia, birthday is May 27, 1999, her favorite colour is blue, she loves playing football
Me- Born in America, May 27, 1988 (I made Sameera work this out since she also likes maths; I told her I am exactly eleven years older than her), my favorite food is mashed potatoes, and I do ballet and tap
All three- like to sing, like necklaces, love chocolate, like watching TV (Elsie likes gameshows and Sameera loves the Disney channel- especially Suite Life on Board and HSM3), and like playing in the snow (it used to snow more often when Elsie was younger, and this last time was the most snow Sameera has ever seen; she really wants to go ice skating)
I guess that was a bit more for me than anyone else, sorry. When we were leaving, Elsie told us she hoped we'd visit again, and Sameera gave me a big hug and ordered me to come see her again.
The other thing that is really weird about the program being done is that it means I've already been here over a month- a bit over five weeks, actually. It's strange to think about as it doesn't really seem like it's been that long, but we're already coming up on our midterm reading week in a week and a half.
After Magic Me, I pulled a pizza out of the oven and threw it back in the freezer when Kevin suggested Spoons with his friend Katie who was visiting, and Vanessa also came along; it was delicious, and then we watched Love, Actually, and I started falling asleep which I suppose signals an early bedtime for me this evening.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment