Clouds

Okay, so you're blind.   I know this is a bit of a shock, but run with me for a few minutes and picture this in your mind's eye as though you really were blind.  

You can't understand what something is like that's far, far away.   People explain things to you but just like a picture is worth a thousand words to a sighted person, a tactile representation is worth equally much to a blind child.  

I've been going through the work we recently picked up from earlier in the school year.   Here is my daughter's booklet her braillist made for the unit on weather.   Think about what you could understand about the concepts from the words associated with the tactile elements.   When you're done, presto blammo, you're sighted again.  Whew, scary, no?   Glad it was only temporary.

Thanks, as always, to Mrs. B. for making these cool, custom items for my daughter.

The Big Boy Update:  My son has been sleeping in both the top and bottom bunks.  He is still missing his sister and goes to visit her frequently, but he's adjusting and told me he likes to have the option to sleep either location.   Midday today I went to find him to let him know Rayan had come to the door and wanted to know if he wanted to play.   My son was in the top bunk and did the worst job covering up that he had gotten his iPad.    I let it slide until later given that he jumped at the opportunity to go out in the very hot weather to play with his friend,  

The TIny Girl Chronicles:  My daughter had been telling us for two days that one of her hips was higher than the other and one leg was longer.   She also said there was something wrong with her ankles.   Then, she said she wanted to go to the chiropractor.   This morning she said that yes, she wanted to go still and when we arrived we conveyed the basic information above to the doctor and he checked her out.   Her pelvis was rotated in such a way that one hip was higher up than the other and it seemed like one leg was longer.   She asked him to check her ankles because they had been bothering her too.   They were fine, he said, what she could easily be experiencing was an extra strain on the ankles because of her pelvis being misaligned.    Did we need to come back?   Likely no, but he was there if we needed him.   She's fine now.   It was such a strange thing—her saying suddenly that one leg was longer—and it was in a way because of how her pelvis was torqued.