{"id":10495,"date":"2010-07-01T03:25:10","date_gmt":"2010-07-01T10:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=10495"},"modified":"2013-06-09T08:39:15","modified_gmt":"2013-06-09T15:39:15","slug":"special-needs-children-polymer-clay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/special-needs-children-polymer-clay\/10495\/","title":{"rendered":"Heartwarming Story about Special Needs Children and Polymer Clay"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Polymer“My eyes fill with
\ntears at their beauty
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\naccomplishments.”
\n~Linda-B<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

These “Spot”<\/em> features are for you guys to display your accomplishments, share stories of inspiration and even ask for assistance with challenges that you may be experiencing. The projects are based on techniques learned from articles here at the blog, as well as from tutorials at the Polymer Clay Video Library<\/a>.
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Cindy,<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

I would like to tell you a story and let you know how much you have touched my life and the lives of 4 “special needs” children. After 18 years working at a major communications company here in the states, I got laid off 6 years ago. Four years ago I was fortunate to find a job at an elementary school. It is the best job I have ever had – absolutely no stress!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

I’m a mom to 35 teachers and a grandma to 600+ kids. Last year I was able to show the “special needs” class how to make lentil beads and cut them into different shapes. We made pendants and earrings for their moms for Mother’s Day. They chose 3 colors, we made snakes and then twisted the snakes together. We made balls and then swirled the ball into lentils.\u00a0 After pressing the lentils down, the kids then used cutters to make shapes if they wanted to.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

This year we made photo frames for their dads for Father’s Day. The kids did almost everything. They conditioned the clay.\u00a0 We made jellyroll canes and bulls eye canes and cut out basic shapes. They even tried to turn the extruder and made snakes. They decorated the frames and I took them home and baked them.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Then, with baby wipes and waxed paper in hand, we put Future Floor Wax on the frames. When the frames dried the kids were so excited. My eyes fill with tears at their beauty and my heart was filled with pride at their accomplishments. The process took over a week at about an hour a day. It was worth every minute.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

There were 4 kids – a 1st grader with autism, a 3rd grader with downs, and a 4th grader and 5th grader with learning disabilities. They were wanting to know what they were going to make next year before school was out for the summer.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Please forgive the quality of the photos I took of the kids work… I didn’t know about the Macro setting on my camera. I wish I could have taken photos of the kids making the frames, however the school district just doesn’t allow their photos on the Internet (children’s privacy and protection laws).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Thank you again for all you (and your whole family) do.\u00a0 You have given your heart and soul to all of us.\u00a0 You are so loved and so blessed.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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<\/td>\n** Did You Know…<\/strong><\/span><\/span> Members with current subscriptions to the weekly tutorial videos are always entitled to a 10% discount when purchasing 6 or more back issue packages<\/a> in a single transaction. If you are interested, let me know<\/a> which back issues you would like and I will send further instructions on how to complete your order.
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