Day 4

Hey everyone, day four is in the books!  We had another amazing day today. I was in the first grade class today, taught by an amazing woman named Ana-Maria, and spent the majority of my time with a boy named Levi.  Levi has Autism, and understands English and Spanish. Unfortunately he doesn't talk at all. All day I was trying to get him to show a little emotion and maybe even laugh.  All he wanted to do all day was swing, so I pushed him on the swings for a good part of my day.  This was a little dull to me; however, it doesn't matter because I know it meant a lot to him because someone gave him some one on one attention.  When I wasn't pushing Levi on the swings, I was helping out a couple other students. One of them was Anthony. He was a little first grader with Cerebral Palsy. Anthony and I played with clay for a little while. We did this to strenghten his hand muscles and to get him to move his arms more. They tried doing this in the past, but the clay they had was too hard, so he couldn't work with it. We brought fresh clay for him to use and he loved it.  It was inspiring to see him so excited over such a little thing.  I have noticed that a lot this trip, all of these kids get so excited over such little improvements to their daily life.  I think that shows the true character of the kids here.  Antony and Levi were the main focuses of my day.  I stopped in on a few other classes, but didn't work one on one with anyone else. It was very aparent to me today that everything I do here isn't going to be what I want to, but that doesn't matter. I know Levi had a great day today and that's what does matter.  Thanks for checking up on me again and I will talk to all of you soon.