Dancing Learner by Miss Kerrigan

Dancing Learner

I look up and he is seated,
but movin',
Eager to grasp the blends
while perplexed by the demands.

Relaxed, he moves.
To the tune of the plot line
To the beat of the letter sounds
To the rhythm of the syllables
Dancing in his seat,
headphones on.

Grasping and growing,
his eyes are open.
His trunk is jiving.
Able to question and connect
the software to the lessons
the classroom to the technology

He asks upon arrival to go on
Sharing he taught Mom about yesterday's lesson.
Eager to grasp the complexity he combats daily.
Asking in Spanish, Reading in English.
Where does he begin?

i-Ready software he moves to.
Moves through the lessons,
the days,
the process,
the beginning
of it all.