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Inexplicably, I noticed yesterday that I am feeling a lot more comfortable with what I am saying to my preschoolers in play therapy. Mind you, this doesn't mean that I am saying anything that is remotely useful or insightful, but I'm trying not to dwell on that part. Most of my kids are visibly doing better, which is pretty exciting. In the realm of the sheer-self-aggrandizement, the kid I started seeing in play therapy yesterday has gone back to ALL HIS FRIENDS and given them a glowing report of the toys in the social work office. He's so very good for my reputation. =)
Anyway, I feel overdue for some of this, because Thursday was the first day in two and a half weeks that I didn't leave my internship feeling exhausted, stressed, or otherwise overwhelmed.
On to the question! A fellow intern and I are co-leading a group of preschoolers in a group intended to combine helping kids with social skills and giving them an opportunity to work on speech and language skills. One of our sessions is planned to focus on Expressing Yourself. In words, preferably. Do any of you know of a children's book or folk tale that has, as a theme, an important character who spends part of the tale not talking and part of the tale talking? The only tale I can think of is The Six Swans... but that particular story has the poor girl condemned to death as a direct result of remaining silent. I'm afraid this might look somewhat threatening to a bunch of kids who have difficulty with speech or who are scared of talking.
Anyway, I feel overdue for some of this, because Thursday was the first day in two and a half weeks that I didn't leave my internship feeling exhausted, stressed, or otherwise overwhelmed.
On to the question! A fellow intern and I are co-leading a group of preschoolers in a group intended to combine helping kids with social skills and giving them an opportunity to work on speech and language skills. One of our sessions is planned to focus on Expressing Yourself. In words, preferably. Do any of you know of a children's book or folk tale that has, as a theme, an important character who spends part of the tale not talking and part of the tale talking? The only tale I can think of is The Six Swans... but that particular story has the poor girl condemned to death as a direct result of remaining silent. I'm afraid this might look somewhat threatening to a bunch of kids who have difficulty with speech or who are scared of talking.
