Do you know who you are?

Today I started off in a regular ed Math class but was moved to a special education class for the second half of my day. I did not know it was autism until I got in the room.

One child walked up to me and read my name tag with no mispronunciations. The regular ed students cant even do this all the time. I never realized how hard it is for some people to pronunciate it. I also never realized that since part of it sounds like the word Southern that it would raise so many questions out of different students. It is Scottish. So for this child to walk up and just pronounce it like he says it everyday was astounding to me.

This same child started introducing me to the other 4-5 students. I listened and was impressed by his leadership. He shook my hand and started pointing and telling me who everyone was. The sub that was leaving who is a regular teacher who had to fill in until I was done with my previous class asked him if he had introduced himself to me. He looked at her with the straightest face and said, " No, I know who I am."

I could only laugh. That was the highlight of my bummer Valentine's Day though. He knows who he was but .... DO you know who you are?

Kids say the darnest things...

I was driving to Wal-mart, yes my once or twice a year visit, with my nephew. I was planning our church Christmas party for this Sunday. I was asked to bring sandwiches in Christmas shapes. I asked my five year old nephew what kind of sandwich he thought the kids would like. He said, " Peanut Butter." I said," How about peanut butter and jelly." His response, " OK.... noooo it has to be peanut butter and jellyfish jelly sandwiches." Of course, my mouth dropped . I had to figure this one out. I repeated, " peanut butter and jellyfish jelly sandwiches." He said , " Yep, that is what Sponge Bob eats." I had to call my co-coordinator and tell her that. After her laughter, she asked if any kids had peanut allergies. I told her my group didn't have peanut allergies but I was not sure about jellyfish jelly allergies. Doesn't that sound quite tasty... Peanut Butter and Jellyfish Jelly Sandwiches.