November 3rd

This was the first time I supplemented my own story with additional props. I felt like I got a really good reaction out of everything. Once again, a couple of the children counted and named the sides and corners of the square in the very beginning, but I felt like I got really good reactions from bringing out the real live squares. When I cut up the first one I heard a couple of the children (especially Kennedy) say things to the effect of "Oh No!" or "You're cutting/messing it up!" which is good because it tells me that I grabbed the children's attention enough for them to comment on what was happening. I seemed to get a second wave of reactions when I started punching holes in the square. I also acquired a single hole puncher by the end of the day today, so I hope that will get better reactions when I punch one hole at a time. Every time I did something new to the square, I always got a reaction. I think the children felt bad for the square, so I made sure to emphasize what the square made itself into next. I also decided to use construction paper today because the colors matched for the most part, and it was more sturdy than tissue paper so I could hold it up. I am curious to see the atypical children's reactions tomorrow when I only have to focus on them.