Envission started a program out at the zoo a few years ago of having an
animal scolture and a llittle voice recording as well as in braille telling
about that animal. I think they have about 20 or 30 now and I like the fact
you can feel the animal, hear the recording, and read the braille and the
theory being as we live longer, there are a lot of people that are going
blind and can't read braille and not forgetting other handicaps in the
process.
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From: "Shelley L. Rhodes" <juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2005 10:41 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: OT: Statue of Liberty
Or how animals move. I have models of horses in different "gaits" because
there is obviously no way to feel a horse trotting, or galloping, or the
like. Speaking of Models and bringing up the Big Picture. Has anyone read
The Three Blind Men and the Elephant?
When I was teaching about the Chesapeake Bay I found a really neat model of
a jelly fish at AC More, the art store. My kids loved it, and it was a safe
way for them, and me to experience a jelly fish for the first time, smile.
I also brought in a statue of a crab, a lobster, a seal, a dolphin, a
pelican and other animals that would be around the Bay. We also talked
about other books and I tried to have some kind of tactile experience to go
with the books.
AC Moore, has a wide variety of animal statues, they are in the kids section
and some of them, are truly detailed. The Bald Eagle, you can feel each and
every feather. And the buffalo, you can feel the shagginess of the head and
the less rough but still stiff hairs of the hind end, with the statue.
Truly awesome detail.
St. Lucy's Day School started a "tactile library" for their students. I wish other school districts or itinerate teachers had similar kinds of resources.
Smile, you can tell my room is filled with nick nacks. I have like three shelves of animal statues. smile.
Shelley L. Rhodes and Judson, guiding golden juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx Guide Dogs For the Blind Inc. Graduate Advisory Council www.guidedogs.com
The vision must be followed by the venture. It is not enough to stare up the steps - we must step up the stairs.
-- Vance Havner
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Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2005 11:26 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: OT: Statue of Liberty
Toy stores are sometimes a good place for models. I used to get models of the early rockets when we were still sending folks up regularly, Alan Shepherd and John Glenn and such.
Models are also good because as a person who has always been blind i do not
know what everyday things like tractors look like.
E.
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