Don’t make us ‘criss-cross-applesauce’. How we sit’s not a concern.

There is NO research matching how we sit with how we learn.

Don’t force us to make eye contact to prove we’re hearing you,

We are listening, looking, learning in everything we do.

Don’t put our names on that tri-colored wall behavior chart.

Don’t change our fifteen googly eyes when we make pumpkin art.

Don’t tattle to our moms and dads we “do not pay attention,”

Tell them how we smiled and sang! That’s what you need to mention.

Say more to us than how to work and act. Don’t make a fuss.

Let’s have real conversations. Just between you and us.

Do we wiggle? Yes, we wiggle! Do we interrupt and spin?

Of course we do. That’s how we learn! None of it’s a sin.