#scratchbook

Cupids paper doll is sleepin under those wings!

MONSTER MONSTER HIGHHHH MONSTER HIGHHHHH-

Some other junk and Eddie .. also my carebears hitlist from when I was collecting them

I'm sad and angry now *pouting*

Ps. I had got the genius idea to draw bubbles all over the page because of my chhota bhai [mainly by his attempt to destroy MY page by scratching some circles (we were given equal pages to draw on cause we were arguing too much) but too bad I'm a genius HAH!]

So I’ll be teaching an MD middle school classroom (MD=multiple disabilities; so the kids have severe health and learning needs). By the nature of my kids’ conditions, most, if not all of them are immunocompromised and are at the highest risk of contracting/dying from COVID.

My district will *try* to enter in Phase 3 in September, meaning that families will have the option of sending their kids to school in-person or having them do classes online; many will probably do some sort of hybrid. I can’t imagining many of my parents being comfortable with sending these kids, in fact I already know one of last year’s students won’t be returning.

So I...guess I’ll be teaching almost exclusively online this year. Problem is, my kids can’t really learn like that. Hell, most of the stuff we do in class involve fine and gross motor skills, sensory stuff, communication, and engagement (i.e., just getting them interacting with things). All of which are difficult to impossible to do without being their beside them, with face-to-face and skin-to-skin contact.

Maybe I can focus more on supporting the parents? I know becoming a 24/7 stay-at-home parent is hard for anyone, but a lot of special needs families are used to have a huge support network of teachers, caseworkers, speech therapists, occupational/physical therapists, and now...nothing. They weren’t meant to be going at this alone and I’m sure they could use support. Maybe like on how they can work on IEP goals at home and providing fun activities?

So my classroom will probably have to be more like an office and a digital studio (although hopefully I’ll have at least 1 or 2 kids!). Might need to invest in a good webcam and mic set, and put up a simple cute background for videos.

Another gravure\scratchbook work finished. A magic show with @chucklestheenchilada‘s sonic oc Hocus (which turned out looking like a different and more canon female hedgehog in my pic, but eh, why not). 

Another scratchbook work done. Sonic this time, as friends suggested. And sketch of it for comparison