Siahna goes to a weekly gym class and last week they put 5 hula hoops of different colors out on the floor and then dropped balls of the same 5 colors into the middle of the circle and asked the kids to sort the balls and put them in the matching hula hoop.
Sometimes I cringe at the different activities because I feel like it puts a spotlight on Siahna's deficits.
I cringed when they announced this activity because I figured she'd run out there and put balls in the wrong colors and just think it was a game.
Boy was I wrong!
I didn't even explain the game to her a 2nd time when the teachers were done. She ran right out along with the other 15 kids and picked up a red ball and put it in the red hoop.
I thought, "She just got lucky."
She picked up a blue ball and put it in the blue hoop and then kept going back for red balls and putting them all in the red hoop. I grabbed a yellow ball and gave to her and she put it in the yellow hoop.
Man did I feel dumb. I had just underestimated my kid. I assumed she couldn't do. But, I sure am glad when she proves me wrong time after time.
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