Sharpening her skills!

I had an observation in my classroom about a month ago, one of my "things to work on" was I didn't have enough sharpened pencils for the students.  Immediately, I had a thought..."I have someone that can sharpen my pencils and she needs some purposeful exercises for her hands."  That is what started Mama's new therapy routine.  I gathered a gallon bag full of pencils for Mama to sharpen.  As I was walking out that day, another teacher noticed my pencils and asked what I was doing.  I quickly told her my mom was going to sharpen my pencils, "Oh, can you she do mine too?"  Then I had an idea, she could sharpen pencils for teachers from home.  Now, you may be reading this thinking, "it is just pencils".  You do not realize how much help that gives to a teacher.

After her first batch of pencils she was featured in our weekly staff newsletter...

This is a good estimate of how many she pencils she sharpens in a week!

Since she started sharpening pencils about a month ago, she has regained some more movement in her right hand.  Then tonight this happened...  We were over at Grandmas, I suggested that maybe she could hold onto a cane now.  She grumbled and complained but finally gave into the fact that it would be ok if she wasn't able to do it.  She walked so fast down the hall, that I didn't have time to get my phone to record. 

                                        

She continues to amaze us and herself, I think!