[Nfb-krafters-korner] Want To Know Wednesday 8/2/17

Thu Aug 3 16:45:12 UTC 2017

I began learning braille when I was 11. I believe it is important for
children who are legally blind to learn braille. They will decide when to
use braille and when to use print. I read novels, teach braille to children
and adults, use it to take notes... It is awesome! I agree with Joyce that
a braille lesson every 2 or 3 weeks is totally unacceptable. When I provide
braille instruction I schedule 2 lessons per week. I would prefer to teach
it every day.

On Wed, Aug 2, 2017 at 9:35 PM, Joyce Kane via Nfb-krafters-korner <
nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> How many of you use Braille?
> I use to use it more than I do now.
>
>  How did you learn it?
>
> The blind agency in my state gave me a teacher, but an hour every 2 or 3
> weeks just didn't do it for me.
>
> I practice and did not really learn the  alphabet until  I kinda forced the
> blind agency to give me a Perkins Brailler.    It was not easy trying to
> learn the alphabet and reversing it with a slate & stylist.
>
> How I really learn the alphabet  was taking the Perkins with me to Girl
> Scout Camp for 6 weeks  I brought the Perkins and the alphabet cards.  So I
> played like I knew the positions of the dots and I told them to tell me the
> positions of each letter in their first name.  Yep, in 6 weeks I learned
> the
> Alphabet.
>
> Now keep in mind that there was an average of between 400 and 500 kids in
> camp each week and once a week there was a sign up for kids to pick out a
> project.  I want to say my Braille lesson was always full in the afternoon
> and morning sessions.  I am thinking that in each session there had to be
> like 35 to 45 kids.  Each week there could be different kids, so I was
> popular.
> The following year the Perkins went with me to camp and I did everyone's
> name and for extra help I had the college counselors leaving me notes.  I
> never knew when one of those notes would show up and I would have to figure
> it out and tell the girls around me what it said.    That was on top of the
> special sessions[that is what they called them].  I do refer to them as
> kids
> as we did have some boys in camp.  If a parent worked the summer camp week
> they would let the other children in the family go to camp at a reduced
> rate.Gee I miss Girl Scout Camp.
>
> Do you know the whole code or just enough for labeling and such?
> Never did learn the entire code and didn't learn any contractions.
>
> How do you use it in your everyday life?
> As I said above I don't use it hardly at all.  I do have the small one for
> businesscards in case I need to put a phone number or that.
>
> Do you use it for crafting and if so how?
>
> This is why I wanted to learn Braille.  I had a candle business and I had
> one of those dimo Brailler  and a large  print regular one.  When I
> switched
> over from making candles and went to the granulated wax business for
> children to make the candles, I needed a way to know what colors the wax
> was
> or what fragrance  it was.  I would put the wax into 5 gallon plastic
> sealed
> paint buckets.  Not all the wax was sented, but it came in all different
> colors.  So I would put the wax in the buckets and the scented ones I would
> use the letter labeler, but with the Braille labeler I would put the color.
> The ones that didn't have a scent just Got the Braille.  I had to fill 16
> oz. bottles with the granulated wax and put the correct one in the labeled
> bottles.  Now John had fixed me up with these covered bins and he had cut
> something to put in the bottom of  the bin that would hold each bottle up
> and he had rigged up another bin that would lock into the bottom bin and
> when you took the top off the bin all the bottles would be in place and not
> tip and anyone that had sight could see the colors.  I would set 2 of these
> bins on a table out in front of my booth at fairs, etc.and in the back part
> of the booth I had a table with these large baskets with glass jars in all
> shapes with screw tops or just plain.  I was blind when I did this and I
> had
> a friend that would stand out and collect the money, help the kids and just
> keep an eye out.  I sat in the back at a small table and I would stick the
> candle wicks in the jars, trim the wicks, stuff cerran wrap in the top of
> the jar so the colors would not get mixed up and put the top on and seal it
> with packing tape.  I would top it off with a bow [I prefer gold small bows
> or nearer to Xmas I used red ones. And the most important thing was on the
> bottom I would put a lable that read:
> Made by me!  The kids would walk away and others would show up with the
> parents telling us they had to find us as they saw so and so with one of
> these.
>
> Just in case I should have said this at the start, the granulated wax looks
> like and feels like sand art.  So it was candle art that the kids made.
> Joyce
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nfb-krafters-korner [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org]
> On
> Behalf Of Nella Foster via Nfb-krafters-korner
> Sent: Wednesday, August 2, 2017 8:15 AM
> To: nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org
> Cc: Nella Foster <jellybeanfarm at gmail.com>
> Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Want To Know Wednesday 8/2/17
>
> Happy Wednesday to everyone.
>
>
>
> Let's talk about Braille today.
>
>
>
> How many of you use Braille?
>
>
>
> How did you learn it?
>
>
>
> Do you know the whole code or just enough for labeling and such?
>
>
>
> How do you use it in your everyday life?
>
>
>
> Do you use it for crafting and if so how?
>
>
>
> I look forward to reading all the responses.
>
>
>
> Nella
>
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