[Nfb-krafters-korner] Summer Fun wit KIds

[Terrence van Ettinger]

I remember my mom making a ping-pong Braille set years ago, when she
was working on her Masters to get her TVI credential.  I think it was
part of an assignment to create Braille teaching tools out of
readily-available materials.

Terrence

On 8/31/10, Gary Brewer <gary.brewer at comcast.net> wrote:
> The first of September? Can it really be so late in the year?
>
> Well, I guess it is and time to get things together for the last
> beach trip.  Not going ot the beach?  Well, my Bubble gum trip can
> take you there.
>
> Also you can find my version of teaching or playing with children with
> braille.
>
> Quick beach toys
>
> Making a scoopp
>
> This works well with a milk jug but be creative. Use what you have.
>
> Lay a milk jug on its side so the handle is sticking up.  Now cut a
> section below the handle to ope your scoop to use.  You can cut the
> scoop so by sliding it in the sand you will collect your treasure, or
> with a closed section that will hold the sand for easier
> carrying.  The amount you cut off the jug depends on what you want
> your scoop to do for you.
>
> Making a funnel.
>
> My Grandson was here at the beginning of the summer. He needed a ww
> way to pour gas into a  yard tool.  I went to the pop bottle bin and
> grabbed a small bottle.  We cut the bottom off and took the cap
> off.  It worked perfectly and I have a Teenageer who thinks I am smart. lol
>
> The right plastic jug can make anything. I remember making airplanes
> from liquid laundry soap bottles with handles.
>
> We cut a slot through the center of the jug.  We made the wings from
> cardboard and colored them. We slid them throught the two slits and
> young children were ready to fly their planes by running around the room.
>
> Older childreen continued to decorate their planes even adding
> perpellers to the bottom of the jug which became the back.
>
> Ping Pong Braille
>
> materials
>
> the bottom half of egg cartons cut in half to make a braille cell
>
> Ping Pong balls
>
> You probably have figured this project out already.  I made a poster
> of the alphebet in print and in braille. I used dot stickers to make
> the braille.  Children can write words and have me and thier friends decode.
>
> Bubble Gun Trip
>
> I hope that this description will give you an idea of this fun way to
> entertain and relax children. I have found tthis trip to get
> attention of entire waiting rooms. I will also say that when my kids
> were teens this activity done in a waiting roomm embarrassed them to tears.
> lol
>
> W What you need
>
> A huge imagination
>
> Reach into your poccket. Pull out the bubble gum you find
> there.  Unwrap it and put the paper in your pocket. Surely we don't
> want to litter.
>
> Now pop the gum into your mouth. What flavor do you have?  Chew it
> until it is nice and soft.  Can you blow a bubble?  Oh, my popped. it
> is on my face.  Peel itoff and chew it again.  Now lets blow a huge
> bubble.  One so big we can all get inside.
>
> Let's see if it will float into the air. Oh, look, I see the tops of
> the trees.  And look we can look down into the chimney of our house.
>
> Now pick a place to ride. How about Grandma's house?
>
> As you float along talk about what you see. How i it feels and
> anything that will make the trip interesting.
>
> JJoin us on September 20 on the chat with ideas for a great bubble
> gum trip and to take off to places unknown.
>
>
> Here is a little ttip that will date me again.
>
> Roll on deoderant bottles can be taken apart and filled with paints
> for a fun way to paint. This is especially great for beginner
> painters.  Just pop the ball of the top and fill and replace the ball.
>
> Henrietta
>
>
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