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Posting by Xian Wei My first Father and Son camp with daddy in Tapah, which was organised by Focus on the Family. We're supposed to go last year but the weather was extremely bad that time and we've to cancel the trip at the very last minute. That's why I was thrilled the weather was better this year.  This was our first task setting up the tent together. We played balloon badminton with a bath towel. I was nervous because I thought the balloon would fall off. Understanding each other is important in communication.  We also played Obstacle Course. We crawled as fast as we could to get to the other side.  I couldn' t balance properly because the log was shaky. The fathers helped one another. It would be tough to get up there on my own. Teamwork saved the day! It was tricky. I sometimes got stuck at the net. My daddy was fit. Night trekking near the camp site. I was looking everywhere to see if there were leeches.

I think it's time to update about Ken, the boy that I had shared in my earlier post, Misconceptions about Down syndrome . I've observed and guided him for about 7 months as a volunteer at PKIK. It was a learning journey for me, full of little discovery here and there.  I've to put aside my academic plans. Ken has no speech and poor motor skills. So in a classroom setting, we do mainly activities that help with his fine motor skills. These are movements to the hands, wrists, fingers, feet, etc in coordination with the eyes. They are smaller actions such as throw/catch balls, kick/pass balls, squeezing balls, using a pair of scissors to cut, using a pencil to write carefully and other tasks that occur daily. I usually put a surprise toy inside a paper bag. Ken would use the scissors to cut open the bag, but even if the toy drops out halfway, he would still continue cutting until the bag is completely separated. Ken is not very keen in arts, especially if it g