Oh No!! The End is Near...... ):

I have really enjoyed working with B.V. and I can't believe time has gone by this fast. I love coming up with new activities to try with B. Sometimes, though, I see that when I find one he really enjoys I kind of want to just stick with that one activity instead of continuing to introduce new things. We usually end up doing the same activity two weeks in a row, so that he can really get the hang of everything, but even I feel like things would get a little boring if I kept in the plan longer than that. In order to keep things fresh and exciting, I like to write out my lesson plan for one idea, but then over the next week I come up with a secondary lesson plan. This way I have something to fallback to, in case B.V. just doesn't seem interested with the original plan. Two weeks ago we did the rock wall. I was a little apprehensive about how it would turn out, because last semester the rock wall was not a big hit for B.V. This time, though, he seemed to really enjoy it and progressed pretty far. We weren't able to do it this past week, so I have put it on the lesson plan again. However, I have a backup plan of activities in case he decides he doesn't want to do the wall again. I think it is a good thing to have the participants involved in some of the lesson planning so that they can feel more confident about the upcoming activities. This also being the last week coming up, I want B.V. to have a big say in what we do so that we can end the semester with a BANG! instead of just another, "boring," every week activity. The energy B.V. brings every week keeps me excited and motivated, the least I can do is something to keep him engaged and excited as well.