Transport and arrival:
Our first stop was to hear a story read by Edson. He is an awesome story teller! He uses really cool voices (definitely has practiced his fluency) and knows just how to make us feel while reading. Here he is reading to us:
Everyone was completely fascinated by how Edson was able to read to us. After reading about Louise Braille, we knew that he had invented a system of dots and dashes on a page to allow people who are blind to read with their sense of feeling, but actually getting to see this in action was very special. We also saw that it did not matter that Edson can not see, he is still an amazing story teller. After he was finished reading, we all got a chance to look at a few books with Braille and ask Edson a few questions:
Following our time with Edson, we went up to the office Dorina Nowill's used before she passed away. We got to learn a little more about her life (like she started the institute because Brazil didn't have any books in Braille, and she was friends with Helen Keller), and then we were taught how Braille works. Here we are in Dorina Nowill's office learning about her life and about how to read and even write in Braille:
Following our lesson in Dorina Nowill's office, we had the opportunity to write our first initials on a Braille type writer and to explore Braille a little further. On the way to write our initial the director of Dorina Nowill stopped to have a little chat. We discussed Louise Braille and the importance of his work. It was very interesting and a lot of fun:
We had such an outstanding field trip! Now we have a walk-a-thon to complete in order to raise money for this great organization. Please help us by asking friends and family to sponsor us for the walk-a-thon, and coming out to support us on the big day!
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