10-28-10

One of the little girls that I work with seperately every week was not wanting to pay attention this week. She was lying on the floor while she was supposed to be sitting up, closing her eyes, and not answering any questions I was asking her. It was difficult to interact with her and get her to actually pay attention long enough to attain the information.  I felt defeated as I had not gotten her to learn anything yet and pay attention. After a while, I decided to amp up the excitment and make her excited to learn and pay attention. She eventually warmed up to me and my efforts and gave some effort in return. Although we did not get as far as we should have, I felt I had resolved the conflict the best I could do to the situation. And now I know how to assess the situation and attack it the next time something like this happens.