HEALTH AND WELLNESS TOPIC.16
CREATIVE TEACHING! This week, we’d like to publish the answer we got from one of Hélène’s former students, to a question she asked her. We are late in this week’s article because we did not want to put pressure on this child. She answered us in part which we will publish below. We’ve also asked another child the same question, that is what did Hélène do that was special for her. We do not yet have the second child’s answer. So here’s what M. said:
Hélène, we’re listening.
She does not want me too transform her words too much but as she is dysphasic her parents helped her a little bit to write her comments … The ideas are hers, but it’s rather difficult to put my former students back into context. Although she is no longer in my class since last year, I’ve kept in touch with her.
She continues to develop through her own personalized projects that 
respect who she has come to realize she is. Such results come from my type of pedagogy enhanced with my own personal touch!
Here’s a bit of what that student verbalized when asked: What have I done special for you in teaching you?
M: ‘You taught me to have fun while learning. I remember when you told us the story of Native Americans, we had transformed the whole class and even lived like them.
Me, everyone thought that I was putting too many details, details, details. It irritated my other teachers. But you instead said: ‘Wow you’re creative and you have a sense of beauty.’
You allowed me to draw (make a drawing) my vocabulary and then refer to the words that were too complicated for me to write” I was the only one who did it this way. You told me: ‘Go ahead, make yourself happy, teach yourself how to learn.’ I didn’t really understand at first what you meant by that but I knew you trusted me.
I would give tons of details and you’d say I made ordinary words beautiful.
One word I could not remember because I’m dysphasic is the word tear, you complimented my expression when I called it drop of sadness, and you had drops of sadness in yours eyes then. You told the others that I was a true poet!
I’m older now, I’ll be 11 years old in April. What you gave me is a taste for passions. Ah! And yes, my new project is designing clothes with my friend Pat for her mother who loves our passion! And we’ll invite you, Madame Hélène, so that we can show you our things. I send you big kisses and I’ll call you. M. who still loves you!
ORIGINAL FRENCH VERSION :
Elle ne veut pas que je transforme trop ses propos mais comme elle est dysphasique ses parents l’ont un peu aidée pour écrire …Les idées sont les 
siennes mais c’est difficile de faire remettre en contexte mes élèves. Je garde contact avec elle depuis l’an dernier même si elle n’est plus dans ma classe et elle poursuit son développement à travers des projets qui lui sont personnels en respectant qui elle a découvert qu’elle était. C’est ce qu’amène le type de pédagogie auquel j’adhère avec ma petite sauce personnelle.
Voici un bout de ce qu’une élève a verbalisé à la question qu’ai-je fait de spécial pour toi en t’enseignant?
«Tu m’as appris à avoir du plaisir en apprenant. Je me souviens de l’histoire des amérindiens, Nous avons transformé la classe et nous avons vécu comme eux.
Moi, tout le monde trouvait que j’en mettais trop des détails, des détails, cela énervait mes autres profs. Toi tu m’as dit : ‘Wow, t’es créative et tu as le sens du beau.’
Tu m’as permis de dessiner mon vocabulaire pour que je repère les mots compliqués à écrire pour moi. J’étais la seule à faire de cette manière. Tu m’as dis : ‘vas-y, fais toi plaisir, apprends-toi à apprendre.’ J’ai pas tout de suite compris mais j’ai su que tu me faisais confiance.
Je donnais plein de détails, tu disais que je rendais beaux les mots ordinaires. Je n’arrivais pas à me rappeler le mot larme, je suis dysphasique, tu as complimenté mon expression ‘goutte’ de peine tu en avais les gouttes de peine dans les yeux. Tu as dit aux autres que j’étais une vraie poète!
Je vieillis, j’aurai 11 ans en avril. Ce que tu m’as donné c’est le goût des passions. Ah! Oui, mon nouveau projet c’est de dessiner des vêtements que moi et Pat mon amie on fait pour sa mère qui aime notre passion.
On va t’inviter madame Hélène pour te présenter nos affaires. Je t’envoie de grosses bises et je vais te téléphoner encore. M. qui t’aime. »
Voilà, si possible, nous présenterons le deuxième enfant la semaine prochaine!
If possible, we’ll introduce the second child next week!
I hope you’ve enjoyed Creative Teaching as much as I have. If anyone has any suggestions for future articles on subjects that are related to creativity, health and wellness on all levels, please let me know.
ENJOY AND YOUR COMMENTS ARE TRULY ARPPRECIATED. THANK YOU SO MUCH!
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