Dash Week 3

Our final week of DASH was super interesting. The second graders explored different stations for the visually impaired in small groups. One group used adaptive aides to help visually impaired children do many of the same things that we can do such as read books, play cards, and play wonder ball. The students also learned how to write their name in braille using the braille alphabet and a stylus. Another activity was using a brailler machine to type our initials. The children also were able to experience what is like to walk by yourself when you are blind. Each student used a walking stick to help them navigate the obstacles in the hallway. Hopefully, the Fuller Meadow second graders have learned to have  an awareness of what it is like to have a visual disability as well as  how we can help and have empathy for visually impaired people. Most importantly visually impaired people can do almost everything sighted people can do.  We have two more DASH activities to look forward to, a special guest speaker on April 28th and a visit from Helen Keller at the end of May.Thank you again to our parent volunteers who made this program possible for our students.