What you can learn from children

A girl is suddenly tasked with working with a special needs 3 year old. He is uncommunicative and ornery. She is instantly struggling to know how to work with this child. Suddenly she sees other teachers interacting with him using sign language. She sees how willing the boy is to communicate this way, so she decides to try to learn some signs. She does learn from watching the teachers at circle time. She also learns from the boy which makes their interactions much, much better. She ends the piece with, " It is amazing how much you can learn from a non-verbal 3 year old."