Cool Cat Charlie

In February, Charlie finally got his turn to be the Cool Cat.

Every week in his class, a different student is spotlighted.

During their week, they get to put up a little poster about themselves.

They can also put up pictures from home.

AND they get to share something with their class every day.

Charlie loves, loves, loves to perform and to be the center of attention.

He was so ready to be the Cool Cat.

I am 7 years old.

I live in Snohomish.

These are the people in my family: Me, Mom, Dad, Ephram and Macie

When I grow up I want to be: A Lego designer and a magician

I am a star because I am good at building Legos, drawing pictures and writing stories. 

I show kindness by making nice notes to everyone.

Some of my favorite things:

• Color: Green
• Animal: Wookiee
• Food: Lasagne
• Book: Magic Tree House
• Sport: Soccer
• What I like to do at school: Math
• What I like to do at home: Write

Three very interesting facts about me:

1. I am adopted.
2. I love Star Wars.
3. I am autistic.

Charlie had so much fun picking out a group of pictures to take to school.

Then it was time to choose what he was going to take to share his first day.  Legos?  Nope.  Magic Kit?  Nope.  Most prized posession to share was...

The dictionary.  It cracks me up how much he loves this cheap little dictionary that he bought with his own money from the $1 bins at Target.

Charlie also took his Perplexus, his magic kit, his sketchbook and decided to sing songs to his class for two days.  His songs were original, written and performed without any practice.  

The kids in his class wrote notes to him at the end of the week.  The most popular citation in these notes was to the magic kit and a certain trick he performed where he made a ball disappear.  Some of the other kids said they liked his pictures, liked his drawings, his Perplexus, and that he could sing well.

Cool Cat was a very positive experience for Charlie, and it was a positive and controlled way for him to share a bit about himself with his peers.  He can't wait for Cool Cat next year!