[Nfb-krafters-korner] Completed!!

[Lauren Merryfield]

Hi,
Another idea, if you really want him to get used to getting his fingers in 
stuff is finger painting.  You could use different colors and talk about 
them.
Thanks
Lauren
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ramona Walhof" <rwnfbi at q.com>
To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2010 9:22 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Completed!!


> Dick,  I am so glad you are sticking with this little boy.  He is lucky to 
> have you.
>
> you might see if he wants to bake cookies.  He may like to measure and 
> dump ingredients into the mixture.  He may like to mix with his hands, but 
> he may not.  If you use a dough that makes into balls, that is definitely 
> something he can do if he likes it.  Yes, he may like to eat some dough, 
> too, a a little won't hurt him.  Arranging balls on a cookie sheet is 
> something else he can learn, and flattening balls may also be something he 
> likes. Decorating Christmas may not be the thing, but who knows?  Good old 
> chocolate chip or peanutbutter are the most likely.
>
> Rolling snakes and balls out of playdough may also be a good use of hands, 
> pounding it flat, cutting it with plastic scissors, etc.  If playdough 
> attracts, you can often get sets of playdough tools, maybe for Christmas. 
> They are cheap plastic, but often are enjoyable as long as they last.
>
> Ramona
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Dick Carlson" <dick.carlson0428 at earthlink.net>
> To: "List for blind crafters and artists" 
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> Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2010 7:29 PM
> Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Completed!!
>
>
>> Hello everyone!  Great to write you all again.
>> I wanted to let you guys know, since you've been quite supportive that 
>> today, Will finished the collage!  As I told you, it had been several 
>> weekends that we hadn't seen one another, or if we did, we didn't do it 
>> for much time.  Due to colds and going out of town and such, today was 
>> the first day we were able to spend some hours together.
>>
>> Believe it or not, it's pretty sunny here, so we were able to go outside 
>> for a while and go to the near by park so that he could play on the 
>> swings and whatever else he wanted.  He's definitely more of a swinger. 
>> Not many kids were at the park today, so he had a swing to himself for a 
>> while.  He did take his cane.  A couple of times, when we'd begin getting 
>> ready to walk, he still kept it folded and in his pocket.  I told him it 
>> would be a lot better for him to have it out.  I guess that when he went 
>> with my folks for Thanksgiving, neither they nor my sister really did 
>> anything to get him to incorporate the cane whenever they went out 
>> because he said that he was told it got in the way.  Oh well, I'll help 
>> change that.
>>
>> However, when we got home and ate some lunch, I asked if he wanted to 
>> finish the collage, and he said he did.  He asked if I would help him, 
>> and I told him I would.  Between the two of us, we got the rest of the 
>> little scraps and materials and put them on the paper that got put on to 
>> cardboard.  There wasn't too much left for him to do, as it wasn't too 
>> big, but it was enough to keep us entertained for a little while, anyway! 
>> He did get a little better at finding places to put the materials and 
>> finding spaces where they could be pasted.  Good for him.  Sometimes, 
>> watching him, I wanted to (and sometimes did) help him and show him where 
>> would be good.  But, he was able to do more on his own and get them 
>> pasted.
>>
>> Oh, he was happy when we were done!  He said he'd never really done 
>> anything like that before, because all they really did in school was to 
>> draw.  That's why when you recommended doing some kind of idea like this, 
>> it really fit the bill!  He could finally say he had a project for 
>> himself.  And, with some of the items we used, I did talk to him about 
>> colors, just so he knew a bit of what they were.
>>
>> I think he's believing me a bit more about how fun this stuff can be and 
>> that not everything has to be completely perfect and neat and stuff like 
>> that.  In fact, he asked if we were going to do more things like these, 
>> and I asked if he wanted to do more.  He said he would.  This was a great 
>> step for him!
>>
>> The pasting part was a little better.  He still had initial leeriness, 
>> but that wasn't too big of a deal.
>>
>> So...one project done, and many more to come!!  Any advice or opinions on 
>> what could be next would be fantastic for us.  I kind of think it might 
>> be a good thing to build on the things we've done so far.  I also want 
>> him to be able to use his hands again.
>>
>> Dick
>>
>> What a great time!  We're thrilled to have finished and I'm happy that it 
>> went well.
>>
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