Return-Path: <nifl-fobasics@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.9.0.Beta5/8.9.0.Beta5/980425bjb) with SMTP id VAA07542; Sat, 24 Apr 1999 21:56:44 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sat, 24 Apr 1999 21:56:44 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199904250203.WAA19710@oxford.megalink.net> Errors-To: lmann@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-fobasics@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-fobasics@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-fobasics@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "The Cornwell's" <cornwell@megalink.net> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-fobasics@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-FOBASICS:83] Re: Playdough X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Mailer: Microsoft Internet Mail 4.70.1155 Status: OR In answer to your question, I think it depends on the context. I am emphatically not a tactile or spatial person but I kind of enjoy the elaborate doodles and creations of other staff members during meetings. When I'm directing a choir, however, it would annoy me too because I insist on undivided attention. I don't see how a person could follow the score, sing, watch me, and crochet all at the same time. (Please don't think that my choir practices aren't fun just because we work hard.) I wonder, though, if that "intelligence of the hands" might be useful for more than just getting through a meeting. Is there a way to harness that kind of thinking to enhance the effectiveness of meetings, education or even choir practice? Any thoughts? Betsy Cornwell ---------- > From: Dwyoho@aol.com > Date: Saturday, April 24, 1999 7:22 PM > > I just have to ask, ss a long time wiggler in meetings and classes. Have > those of you who take out play dough and slinkys found this behavior socially > and professionally acceptable? Generally I end up playing with my finger > nails. What I'd really like to do is take out a coloring book. I actually > carry one and often color in the privacy of my office while I am thinking. > It would be awfully nice to start a movement where "busy hands" are viewed as > an aspect of intelligence. I have friends who crochet or embroider while in > choir practice, but I think it annoys the director. I'm serious about this. > Am I too worried about what people would think?
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