Smarty Pants!

The kids at St. Dymphna’s Special School have started running and hugging us each morning when we arrive. It is the perfect way to start the day.

The kids are so dirty and dusty. Sadiki sneezed and got snot all over his cheek. It actually cleaned his face a bit. Ha! We bought the kids baby wipes and baby oil to wash up a bit before class, as well as to keep their head moisturized. They love the wipes, it seems almost therapeutic for them to use one. We decided wipes would be better than the hand sanitizer we give them after using the washroom, as they would always wipe the sanitizer on their face and head.  

Sadiki

Snotty Brian

Turns out level 1 actually has a teacher! Katie and I survived an entire week alone, we were proud.  Katie stayed to work with her, and I went to the level 2 class. I worked with the kids to write out letters. Carol is so smart, but she has difficulty with fine motor skills. She would write out letters, but they had to be perfect before moving to the next one. Julius had a huge smile on his face when I marked his work with a big checkmark, and said “kazi mzuri!!” (good job!). Enoki is 15, and so sweet. However, he doesn’t know his own strength. I would be looking at someone else’s work, and he wanted me to see his coloring, so he would “tap” me on the shoulder, however it was more like a backhand or a slap.

Enoki

Carol

Julius

Johnny

We bought notebooks, pencils, and other supplies. For the notebooks we are individualizing them based on ability and skill. Some are writing out letters and numbers, while some focus on building fine motor skills. In the afternoon we would take each student individually and work with them in their notebook. It worked out very well, I was happy.

Working on fine motor skill: for Amani. Neema, and Enoki

"My name is,,,,,"

Writing out letters 1-100.

How Many? Circle answer. Carol loves these!

Fill in the blank,

Moja (one), circle all the ones. Julius is great at these.

Ngapi? How many?