[Nfb-krafters-korner] Looking around

Sat Aug 28 19:18:28 UTC 2010

Me too?!!!!!!!

I want to come. It sounds like fun.
HenriettaAt 11:45 AM 8/28/2010, you wrote:
>Becky,
>
>You teach me the knitting machine and I will teach you to swim!
>
>Come visit me and we can spend a lovely time doing summer camp crafts and
>smores of course....  One must have chocolate.  Smile.
>
>
>Hugs!
>
>
>Dixie
>
>~ @-> ~ <-@ ~
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org
>[mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Becky
>Frankeberger
>Sent: Saturday, August 28, 2010 11:26 AM
>To: 'List for blind crafters and artists'
>Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Looking around
>
>Oh Dick, bless you a zillion times.  My husband is the man who experienced
>first hand an over protective mother who would not let him do anything.  His
>mother had a brother like you.  Uncle Carlos taught my husband how to saw a
>piece of wood, farm in the soil, fix machine equipment, hunt, fish, my
>husband has some sight and at twelve he was driving farm equipment and so
>much more.  My husband got his love of learning from his mother.  He got his
>confidence from his Uncle Carlos.
>
>Guess what his first job was in college, smile. He was a maintenance man at
>an apartment building.  Pretty cool, smile, he got sighted help from time to
>time.  But changing out a toilet, no big deal, Uncle Carlos let him help at
>the farm so he had a basic idea, smile.
>
>I did not have an Uncle Carlos and sat home with my parents for nearly
>thirty years feeling less then dirt.  I was smart but had no confidence or
>life skills.
>
>There is a lady on this list who can give you fun artsy things you can do
>with this little guy.  Give him fun things to touch.  Then move them a bit
>away from him forcing him to look around and explore his world.
>
>Buy him some fun play close and go have fun doing little boy things.  Start
>off kind of slow with clean dirty things like shaving cream on a cookie
>sheet.  You have to build trust in him.
>
>The NFB has a parents of Blind Children division.  Go snoop around on that
>web site and look at kids being kids holding canes and exploring this big
>beautiful world of ours.
>
>Oh I just want to hug you so much.  Thank you for opening up this little
>person's world.  Just wait until his mother sees him riding a bike or roler
>skating.  The laugh and joy on his face wil be magical.
>
>Also, please don't be hard on your sister.  We don't come with instruction
>books on how to raise a blind child.  I have to remind myself of this when I
>think back on how much I missed.  You know silly things like I can't swim.
>Oh I can hear my mom's voice "Beck don't go near the water!" My mom said
>don't go near horses they will kick you. I rode my first horse at twenty
>seven, smile. She just did not know how to raise a blind child.  So get your
>sister in touch with parents who are raising blind children.  There are
>summer camps for blind children she can go and see what those kids can do.
>Arts and crafts, swimming, canoeing,archery, horse back riding, rope
>climbing things, hiking, toasting marshmellows etc.  Hmm, wonder if those
>camps take big kids, giggle.
>
>Becky who still likes making noises with empty pop bottles, giggle.
>
>And guide dog Jake who says "What the paw are you saying now.  Let's go for
>a walk. You need to clear your head, arf!"
>-----Original Message-----
>From: nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org
>[mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Dick Carlson
>Sent: Friday, August 27, 2010 11:29 PM
>To: nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org
>Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Looking around
>
>Hello everyone,
>
>I'm Dick and found out about this list through a teacher who works with
>blind kids.  I hope this list is for everyone, including sighted folks.
>
>I am helping to raise my little nephew, and he's a totally blind kid who is
>perhaps a tad socially delayed for his age.  I mainly try to spend a lot of
>time with him and wanted to see how much he and I could do together to
>stimulate him a bit.  He has been very over-protected by his mom, who means
>very well but sometimes doesn't know whether or not to let him do things on
>his own.
>I realize most guys don't really get into crafts, but I think working with
>your hands can be fun and I have no problem with it.
>I hope there are other guys on this list to share with as well.
>
>One of the things my little nephew is not used to doing or maybe doesn't
>like doing is to do a lot of exploring with his hands.  He's not been
>encouraged.  In addition, he doesn't really like getting his hands dirty or
>into things, because he's always been taught to sit still and stay clean and
>all that stuff that most children don't do!
>I'd love to expose him to this sort of thing and perhaps get into things
>where it will be inevitable for us to put our hands in things and get a
>little messy.
>
>Is this out of the ordinary for blind kids, and am I doing the right thing
>by wanting to work with him and play doing things with him?  Is this a good
>list for good crafts and such?
>
>I'd love feedback and ideas.
>
>Dick Carlson
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Henrietta
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