What We Learned Today from our Students in 4A

Dear Parents,

Here are some excerpts from the childrens' journal writing last night.  Enjoy and learn from their young but wise comments!  

Best Wishes, Morah Michal and Morah Leah

"Their brains work differently but they can do a lot of the things that we can do."

"When you see someone with special needs, you shouldn't run away, you should play with them."

"We ourselves should realize how hard it is for people who have special needs so we should be proud of them."  

"I feel bad for people with special needs because they work very hard."  

"I would like to work at Camp HASC because I want to see what it's like to work with kids who have special needs.  It would make me feel good."

"I have more empathy because I learned about children with special needs today."

  

"I was surprised by how many kids were smiling and having fun."  

"My borther has special needs.  I love him very much."  

"Autism is when you are slower than a typical human and that's ok."  

"I understood that even if you have disabilities, you're still like most other people.  It doesn't mean you don't have feelings or don't understand."

"No one is the same. We all have challenges in our life."  

"I thought they would sit and do nothing all day."

"I learned that there are different kinds of special needs like autism and Down Syndrome."  

"I learned that people with special needs can do the same things as typical people can."  

"Some kids didn't look like they had special needs."