CHUCKY'S SPECIAL PORTLAND YMCA PROGRAM FOR KIDS IN MAINE - HERE ARE JUST SOME OF THE GADGETS I MADE FOR THE KIDS TO WORK AT COPYING OR MAKING SOMETHING RELATED - WE FOLLOWED THIS PATTERN (WHERE I OFFER AN EXAMPLE AND THE KIDS TAKE OFF WITH THEIR OWN FROM THERE WITH THE PILES OF MATERIAL I SUPPLIED) ON VARIOUS LITTLE ARTISTIC OR SCIENTIFIC PROJECTS - SOMETIMES WE HAD CONTESTS WHERE THE KIDS TRIED DOING SOMETHING THAT I ONLY DESCRIBED - WE HAD A LOT OF FUN - I WAS PROUD OF WHAT I DID AND ITS EFFECT ON MANY OF THE KIDS - IT IS NICE TO THINK SOME OF THEM MIGHT REMEMBER ME THE WAY I REMEMBER SPECIAL TEACHERS - THE VARIOUS BOATS - THESE CREATED A WHOLE FAD - EVERY TIME IT RAINED A BIT AND WATER GATHERED IN LOW SPOTS IN THE PLAYGROUND THE KIDS WOULD RUN INTO CLASS, PUT DOWN THEIR BAGS, GRAB A BOAT, AND RUN OUT TO USE THEM IN THE PUDDLES AND LITTLE STREAMS - A JOHN CHUCKMAN IMAGE