SENIOR PROJECT VOLUNTEER/ Feb. 20/Client C

After Theo, Caden arrives. He plays some simple tunes, and screamed more that the last session. What I noticed is that Ian tries to teach Caden how to read. They read the instructions of the piano piece they are about to play. Ian would read a couple of words first while pointing at the words, and Caden would repeat with a slight mispronunciation that is more clear than Theo. Ian comments today to Caden's mother when she came to pick him up after the session was over that Caden usually doesn't allow Ian to play Blues tunes, but today Ian got to play some Blues for awhile for Caden.

Time: 3 hours

Total: 6 hours

SENIOR PROJECT VOLUNTEER/ Feb. 20/Client B

Today when Theo arrived, he hugged me to say hi when I was sitting on the chair, observing as usual. Again, whenever he is asked about a song he likes to play or Ian play, he does not respond. Today was similar to the last session. Ian just played his Hello song to start the session, then goes on to Blues tune with Theo randomly pressing keys along with the beat of the song and they both sing together their "beep bap boo." Then when the session comes to an end, Ian proceeds to play his goodbye song like "see you awhile crocodile, until then penguin."

SENIOR PROJECT VOLUNTEER/ Feb. 20/Client A

Today, Lucas was happy and he smiled a lot. He responded to Ian playing the piano by banging on the piano keys himself, on the lower scale of the piano. Ian commented to the father that this was the longest time Lucas played on the piano in a long time. Also, I set up the room in the morning, creating barriers that Lucas is prohibited from entering by blocking the room with chairs. I set out the instruments and I placed the wrong mini xylophone on the floor. Lucas usually plays with the wooden xylophone, but I brought out the xylophone with the metal keys but he played with the instrument none the less by hitting the keys with his hand or with the wrong end of the xylophone stick. Lucas tends to hold the ball ended top of the stick and hits the xylophone with the stick end of the stick. As a result, the keys would often come out of the xylophone. Today, I tried playing with the drums and the maracas, but did so without notice. I was shy and I didn't want to disrupt anything or do the wrong thing. Lucas also played with the tambourine for awhile.