[Nfb-krafters-korner] Summer fun with Kids

Thu Jul 1 11:12:45 UTC 2010

Becky;
Do you have braille scrable and braille monopoly?
They are print, braille games.

Terry P.

-----Original Message-----
From: Becky Frankeberger [mailto:b.butterfly at comcast.net] 
Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 2010 4:11 PM
To: 'List for blind crafters and artists'
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Summer fun with Kids

I have two grand  boys.  They come to our home and are board.  When the adults have time we play board or card games with them.  My grand sons are six and eleven.  The eleven year old and reading books is a great one so we can stay in touch with him, hugs. 

I would love to hear ideas we can buy now and have for them to have fun with them.

Becky and Jake  

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[mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Henrietta Brewer
Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 2010 12:49 PM
To: nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org
Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Summer fun with Kids

>
>Hello,
>
>It is summer vacation and time to entertain the kids. Creating 
>activities and crafts for children that a blind adult can carry out 
>with a splash has been my passion most of my llife.  I am looking 
>forward to offer some of my ideas on this list.
>
>I have done home daycare for over twenty years. I then, worked at a 
>child care center at Michigan State University for over a year.  My 
>Grand Children began coming on the scene then and I returned home to do 
>the greatest job in the world.  We have eight Grand Children and they 
>are teens now.  I have to work a lot harder to keep their minds working 
>during the summer. This year I offered a cash reward toowards school 
>clothes to anyone who sent me a contract promising to read a number of 
>books they thought was fair for the summer.
>After each book I am to get an email with a short report on the book.  
>The first Grand Daughter sent her first book report today.  I haven't 
>gotten contracts from most of the boys. hmmm
>
>Please let me know if these ideas are helpful or at least fun to read.  
>If you have certain ages you would like  projectsfor, let me know.
>
>So here is the first installment.
>
>henrietta Brewer
>
>Plastic Flower garden
>
>This is great for toddlers
>
>Materials
>
>Old plastic flowers and plants
>
>Sand box
>
>Dirrections
>
>CCut the flowers and plants apart so that they have a nice stem to 
>plant.  Give the children the plants in the sand box.  Talk about 
>planting flowers, vegtables and plants.  The children can plant and 
>replant their gardens as often as their imaginations allow.
>
>Note, if you are up to the mess, let the children water the gardens.
>
>
>Shaving Cream play
>
>Here is an activity that can relax a routy group as well as be used to 
>teach. I have used this activity to teach times tables to older 
>children
>
>materials
>
>a can of shaving cream. I like the gel because the change is more 
>noticable. But any cheep shaving cream will work
>
>A very washable table or cookie sheets can work too
>
>You might want to have tiny toy cars, popcycle sticks, or any items 
>that will be fun to run through the shaving cream
>
>Dirrections
>
>Give each child a small amount of shaving cream in front of them on the 
>table.  Talk about the texture. Have children squeeze it, pat it, run 
>fingers through the shaving cream.  You might want to play music and 
>ask the children to make their hands move to the music and talk about 
>the paterns they made in the shaving cream.
>
>This is a good way to show children numbers and letters. You can write 
>them and errase them over and over.
>
>Make sure children stay seated during the activity. You don't want the 
>shaving cream to cover your entire house or get in eyes because of to 
>much activity.
>
>I have often done this out on a glass picnic table. it also works on a 
>plex-a-glass storm window.
>
>After the children grow tired of the activity create a new activity by 
>bringing small pieces of sponge in a bucket of warm water.  Keep the 
>sponges small and talk about squeezing them out.  You will be amazed at 
>how clean your table will be after this activity.
>
>Growing grass
>
>Summer is the time to show children how things grow. Grass seed, 
>especially rye, grows quickly and in most envirements so it is perfect 
>for keeping the childrens interest.
>
>Materials
>
>one cup or so of any grass seed
>
>small pieces of natural sponge
>a cookie sheet or flat box for storing the project
>
>a small amount of soil
>
>at least one empty egg shell for each child
>
>dirrections
>
>First talk about the small size of the seeds. Make sure each child 
>holds seeds.  Wet the sponges and sprinkle just a few seeds on each.
>a teaspoon might be a good amount.  Place the sponges on the tray and 
>then out in the sun.. Set up a watering schedule.
>
>Now fill each egg shell that has a bit of shell removed ffrom the top 
>with the egg removed and the shell rinced.  Filling to the top with 
>soil and planting some seeds to grow hair on this egg head.  I used the 
>egg carton to store the egg faces in the sun because watering was 
>easier then the second method which is cutting the bottom out of a 
>plastic bathroom cup to hold the egg.
>
>When the grass has grown out of the top of the egg shelll, children can 
>gently draw a face on the shell. Actually, they can make one face on 
>each side.  These faces will work well to create a play.
>
>I hope these ideas are useful to you.  This might be a good time to try 
>taking pictures of your children's projects. Or, if one child is old 
>enough have them take pictures and create a summer memory book  or 
>slide show on the computer.

Henrietta
~I wish you enough~

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