iggyschool

Last week we joined the Funschoolers and went on a field trip to the Oklahoma Library For The Blind and Disabled. The tour guide, Ms. Golightly (oh, I love that name) was awesome. Our group was mainly 5,6, and 7 year olds and toddlers and she made the tour perfectly age-appropriate, showing us the Brailler and letting each kid type their name into Braille. She let us handle the manipulatives that blind preschoolers use to develop sensitivity in their fingertips. We went into the studio that volunteers use to record books for the blind and she had each kid go into the sound-proof both and scream. We visited the cassette and thumb-drive stacks, and she showed us that the stacks slide forward and back to conserve space. She took us into her office and showed the kids how her computer reads her email to her. It was an amazing visit, and all the more amazing because Ms. Golightly is legally blind - she can only differentiate between light and dark.

Iggy is working hard on memorizing his lines for the homeschool play at NW Optimist Center. His saintly drama teacher - Toby - has really helped him come out of himself and it was great hearing the whole class laughing and giggling at the jokes in the play at the last play practice. We have a lot of memorization this week and Larry and I will be helping him with his blocking every night. Iggy has a lot to do!

Last Thursday was Iggy's last swim lesson of the year. He's decided against doing basketball, asking instead for a basketball for himself so that he can teach himself how to dribble. He says that once he can really dribble, he'll want to do it (next year, I guess).