Grainwood Elementary is celebrating Disability Awareness with presentations to students on Thursday, April 7th and Friday, April 8th. Lynn Dennis and her volunteer puppeteers from PACER Center’s Puppet Program will be here to present to our students the COUNT ME IN puppet show which is designed to help children understand more about disabilities. The child size puppets have disabilities, and all share many of the same interests, likes, and dislikes of the students in the audience. The older students will have the opportunity to ask questions, talk to the puppets, and learn about some aids, books, and games used by some students with disabilities. Your students will meet some of the following puppets:
1. Jay who is deaf and hard-of-hearing.
2. Gina who is blind.
3. Carmen who has epilepsy.
4. Mitch who has a learning disability.
5. Max who has autism.
At the end of each show, the adults will be asked to complete an evaluation of the program and students will receive a letter of explanation to take home.
The special education staff would like to thank you for supporting Disability Awareness Week at Grainwood Elementary.
