Last night we had an evening based on being blind. We talked in the first instance about how you read when you’re blind (the girls knew that you read a series of dots, but didn’t know it was called Braille) and then did a few activities.
Firstly we wrote our names in Braille using small felt dots and the alphabet. This was really effective as the girls were able to feel their names.
At the same time, girls were taken into the kitchen in small groups to ‘feel’ items and try to work out what they are - but without seeing. This bit was left up to Tawny Owl to organise, so I’m not too sure what was in them all... but I know one included custard! From the giggles I heard, I think that was an enjoyable part of the evening!
Then, when some girls had finished, we used baking trays and balls to write words in Braille (thank you Pinterest for that stroke of genius!) the girls wrote their names, the name of their sizes, the word Brownies and then wrote out words for others to guess what it was! (Pic says Brownies!)
And finally, two of our oldest girls came up with a way of adapting a game for someone who is blind. Therefore we playing ‘Giants keys’ with some girls blindfolded and keys being rattled so they knew where to walk towards. This was really clever of the girls and they found it easy to follow the sound of the keys!
We finished the evening in Brownie circle, with some girls still being blindfolded, and then it was home time!
This evening was a lot of fun, and hopefully the girls learnt something as well!
Firstly we wrote our names in Braille using small felt dots and the alphabet. This was really effective as the girls were able to feel their names.
At the same time, girls were taken into the kitchen in small groups to ‘feel’ items and try to work out what they are - but without seeing. This bit was left up to Tawny Owl to organise, so I’m not too sure what was in them all... but I know one included custard! From the giggles I heard, I think that was an enjoyable part of the evening!
Then, when some girls had finished, we used baking trays and balls to write words in Braille (thank you Pinterest for that stroke of genius!) the girls wrote their names, the name of their sizes, the word Brownies and then wrote out words for others to guess what it was! (Pic says Brownies!)
And finally, two of our oldest girls came up with a way of adapting a game for someone who is blind. Therefore we playing ‘Giants keys’ with some girls blindfolded and keys being rattled so they knew where to walk towards. This was really clever of the girls and they found it easy to follow the sound of the keys!
We finished the evening in Brownie circle, with some girls still being blindfolded, and then it was home time!
This evening was a lot of fun, and hopefully the girls learnt something as well!
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