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I was really impressed w/ Jack's MDO today (long)

mcurbanmcurban member
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Today is pajama day at Jack's MDO. It's an extended day (by an hour) and they thought it would be fun. Buuuut, Jack isn't really a pj's kinda guy. Even at home, we put them on him after bath and by the time we get to stories, he has stripped them off. Whatev, to each their own.

Background: When I was teaching, one really important thing that I learned was that when there were "extra" activities, it was a good idea to not only tell the kids that it was a choice (and actually let them choose), but also to SHOW them that it was ok if their choice was not to participate. We used to read How to Eat Fried Worms and when we finished to book, we would have a fried worm feast (w/ chocolate or ketchup). Gross, right? Some of the kids loooooved it. Some were completely grossed out. All were at an age where they looked to see what their friends did and then they would do the same. So, I would team up w/ another teacher and one of us would choose to eat the worm and the other would choose not to- both of us explaining our reason why. 

 So, back to today. Jack didn't want to wear his pjs to school. We had been talking about it all week. About how he would be really comfortable, how the other kids would have them on and how his teachers would be wearing them, too. He insisted that he wanted to wear his regular clothes. He even said, "It doesn't matter what the other kids are wearing, I would like to wear my shirt and pants." That was like the 3 year old equivalent of, "If the other kids jumped off a bridge..." and that settled it- he was going in regular clothes. 

I have to admit, I was a bit nervous that we would show up and his teachers/ classmates would ask him why he didn't wear his pjs. We walked in and, yep, first thing- his main teacher said, "Oh, Jack, you didn't want to wear your pjs today?"  Jack said, "No, not today."

And THEN, the aide walked in. NOT WEARING PJs! She made a big deal out of the fact that she and Jack were twins and they both chose to wear their regular clothes. <3. 

I know it doesn't seem like a big deal, but it was to me and I loved that they worked it out so that if the kids, by choice or by just forgetting about it, would be uncomfortable for not doing what all the others had. 

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