What did you make today?

[Griff]

Often it is more difficult, but he really missed school and had a nice day over-all. His behaviors are usually not too intense, but he has no sense of time. Past, present, and future all run together so between the picture schedule and hopefully the social story, I hope to have him ready for an integrated kindergarten next Fall.

[glatt]

Originally Posted by Griff

I hope to have him ready for an integrated kindergarten next Fall.

How does that work where you are? Would he simply join the class along with everyone else, or would there be some sort of special needs helper who would be in the classroom to work with him as needed? Or would he leave the classroom at times to have special sessions with someone?

I ask because my wife just started this year as a school based substitute teacher in my son's elementary school. So she's been having all these random experiences with special needs kids as she moves from class to class in the school, and she's got no training at all (and isn't required to) for working with them. So she's been winging it, and mostly doing pretty well, but it's been exhausting at times. I was surprised there are so many kids who are on the spectrum at this school. Some of them seem to have staff in place there specifically to help them, and others don't.

[footfootfoot]

Glatt, is the color off on that? It looks more like black locust to me, or olive wood, especially the grain.

[glatt]

The color is correct, but it's unfinished, so it might look a lot darker with a finish on it. But now that you mention it, I'm not positive it's black walnut. It was a long time ago that I cut up that log. The tree's leaves and bark looked like black walnut, but there were no walnuts present at the time it came down. I don't think it was black locust though since there were no thorns anywhere.

[footfootfoot]

Originally Posted by glatt

The color is correct, but it's unfinished, so it might look a lot darker with a finish on it. But now that you mention it, I'm not positive it's black walnut. It was a long time ago that I cut up that log. The tree's leaves and bark looked like black walnut, but there were no walnuts present at the time it came down. I don't think it was black locust though since there were no thorns anywhere.

can you take a close up with a sheet of white paper next to it?

Black walnut is really chocolaty brown, Locust is orange when freshly cut down, greenish yellow when dried turning cafe au lait brown when exposed to light for a long time. The grain is very open somewhat like oak or ash but not quite as large pored. Very similar to Mulberry or Osage Orange if you are familiar with them, I think you have those down near you. Black walnut has very fine grain structure, a lot like mahagony.

Perhaps

[glatt]

Originally Posted by footfootfoot

can you take a close up with a sheet of white paper next to it?

Spoon in front is older and has darkened for a year or two. Spoon in back is a day old. The wood is yellower when cut into and noticably darker when aged.

[Undertoad]

time to dust off this lovely...

[HungLikeJesus]

Maybe.

[glatt]

Definitely not Mulberry or Osage Orange. The leaves were all wrong. But black locust and black walnut leaves are similar enough that I could have confused them. And I was actively looking for spines, and saw none, so I ruled out black locust in my mind. That's about all I remember from that day a decade ago.

[Sundae]

Biscuits

[glatt]

Nice bright colors. I bet they taste great too. Well done!

[Sundae]

Actually they don't - far too sweet!
But the staffroom will gobble them up

[classicman]

Originally Posted by Sundae

Actually they don't - far too sweet!

NOT possible.
They look wonderful!

[zippyt]

They Look Lovely !!!

[BigV]

Does not look like black walnut from here. manymany variables, sure, but the color seems to be far too light, and variable.