Experimenting with kids from work
Today at work i took a small cookie, placed it in a small bowl, and placed that on the counter. Then i looked at one of the kids and said "Bart, you are NOT allowed to eat this." So i walked away, keeping the cookie in my peripheral vision. Bart immediately picked up the cookie and started nibbling on it. I scolded him and said "I am not joking, Bart, you are NOT allowed to eat that cookie." So Bart picked it up and took another tiny nibble. Earlier that day, i had talked with Bart about "urge control" and "frustration management", which he seemed to develop a working understanding of. But he remains the most deficient kid i've ever seen in those areas. I mean, i don't know if it's possible to have less than zero impulse control, like, in the negatives, but if it is, he does.When i took the cookie from him, and crumbled it into the sink and washed it down the drain, Bart seemed a bit put out.
Tomorrow it'll be the "You may eat this quarter-cookie right now, or get a whole cookie in five minutes" trick to see what he does.
Fun!
Also, in my other job (i have TWO JOBS!!! i'm blessed) i started the dance which goes to "La Vida Es Un Carnaval" to the music "La Negra Tiene Tumbao". I was almost a minute into the song when i realized my error, and had to stop the whole class to find the "Carnaval" one so we could dance it. Whoops! Also, it turns out that the "Zumba Posse Grand Rapids" has a website. It is GRZUMBA dot com, and is a hilarious mixture of animated-gif-heavy amateur web design and prefabricated web site templates. If you get far enough into the menu system on the left, you'll get links for "Zero Debt Solutions"... so i'm not really sure what's going on there.
But there's a lot of videos of Tara, my favorite ZUMBA! instructor. And i want to be part of the Zumba Posse Grand Rapids.
Fun!
The Zumba dancing chicken with green shades on has to be my fav part of that site, well and the chili’s!
-- jj - 28 October '09 - 10:52