Helen Archibald, VE2YAK
Pointe Claire, Quebec, CANADA
archibal@pubnix.net
Source - A GOTA training with Tiger
The idea is you teach the kids about Morse code (always capitalized because it is named after Samuel Morse..) and give them a chart with the dots & dashes. Then they make a bracelet with their name on it in Morse code beads...
Tiger's little Morse code camp-hat-craft-thinga-ma-job-ee-communication-whatcha-ma-call-it.
Materials:
(Keeping in mind the colours blue and gold)
Directions:
Depending on how long your name is, cut a piece of gold wire. Knot or loop the end to prevent the beads from falling off. Beginning with the last letter of your name, thread beads onto the wire with the corresponding morse code. For dots, use the round blue beads. For dashes, use the long tube beads. To separate one letter from another, use the round white beads. Once the letters to your name have been completed, knot or loop the wire to once again prevent the beads falling off, and attach to your camp hat.
Now, being somewhat dyslexic, this sounds really challenging to me - to turn my name backwards, & then each letter backwards. Why coudln't you start with the other end & the first letter of your name?
Actually, when you are learning Morse code the letters that are really challenging are the pairs that are reversed: dit dit dah is U but dah dit dit is D... dit dah dit dit is L & dah dit dah dah is F, or is it the other way around??? Dyslexia is a REAL handicap when you are learning Morse code...
I don't mean to be flippant about dyslexia - I know far more about learning problems than I ever wanted to know... and they are NOT funny when they are ruining your life.
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