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Studying the five senses in class has been a wonderful experience. Every week one of the senses is introduced by the teacher. As a motivation she brings something to get their attention. For the hearing sense she played the piccolo, the sense of touch she read a book on hands and the students learned the different things they can do with their hands. This week we are doing taste. She brought lemons, apples, oranges, bananas, and pears. Each kid were given a piece to try, to our surprise 2 students loved lemons and ate their pieces as if they were pieces of candy later they ask for more. Among the students there is one in particular that is hard for him to try new food which is common for some autistic children.
William's mom has really hard time when it comes to introduce new food to him. He likes donuts, crackers, popcorn, cookies and bananas. If you notice the pattern it has to do with texture and how food feels in the mouth. He has made a lot of improvements on his selection of food, but we have to be persistence. Well that day he ate a little piece of apple and some orange segments, we all clapped for William and he smiled. Ms. Olson, the teacher takes her time with him everyday during breakfast and lunch to make sure he tries something new everyday, there is not success all the time, but most of the time he tries and he is eating more varieties, Patience conquers all.
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