1. Close your eyes and ears for fiveseconds. What do you feel?

2. Author: Helen Keller 3. She, is both deaf and blind. Whowould believe such a person would write books on her own. 4. This book shows that Helens life is neithera miracle nor a joke She published The story of my life whenshe was twenty. Itdescribes how she withstood against herdisabilities 5. She was born on 27June 1880 inTuscumbia, Alabama She was the child ofCaptain Auther H.Keller 6. At the age of 19 month little Helen was caught by a fever which caused her to be deaf and blindGradually I got used to the silence and darknessthat surrounded me and forgot that it had everbeen different 7. Helens mother cherished hertenderly while she was loosingher sight little by little The only word she could remember was Water, thiswas her only word in her world at that time A shake of head for NO, a nod for YES was hercommunicate 8. She was struggling to be free. Free from the world ofmisery & bitterness where she experienced failures whenexpressing herself Her parents suffered too. They searched for teachershaving the method to teach a child whos both deaf andblind. Helens parents were able to find Alexander Grahm Belland with his help they were able to find a way to educatelittle Helen. 9. Ms. Anne Sullivan was a light to Helens lonely and dark life. Anne was so friendly and kind to the poor girl. Helen soon showed that she is capable and learned quickly 10. Finger play, Spelling word into her hand First word she learned was doll. At the age of tenHelen hadmastered Braille aswell as the manualalphabet and evenlearned to use thetypewriter 11. Waterwas the word which Helen couldnt understand easily. Ms.Sullivanput Helens hand under water coming out from the pump and spelled w- a-t-e-r to her hand Whenshe realized what water means she rejoiced. 12. Ms. Sullivan usedcardboard slips havingraised letters to teach herwordsOne day, Miss Sullivan tells me, I pinned the wordgirl on my pinafore and stood in the wardrobe. Onthe shelf I arranged the words, is, in, wardrobe.Nothing delighted me so much as this game 13. Primarily her teacher was Ms. AnneSullivan In 1888 entered to Perkins School inBoston Wright-Humason School for the Deaf inNew York City in 1894 In 1896 - Entered Cambridge College forYoung Ladies 14. In1900 she entered to the Radcliffe college On 28 June 1904 Helen graduated from Radcliffe College earning a Bachelor of Arts degree What had she achieved? 15. Temple and Harvard Universities in theUnited States Glasgow and Berlin Universities in Europe Delhi University in India Witwatersrand University in South Africa 16. She also received an honorary Academy Award in 1955 as the inspiration for the documentary about her life, Helen Keller in Her Story.In 1964 awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nations highest civilian award, by President Lyndon Johnson 17. In 1919 Helen starred in a movie on her life.But it was a failure financially. But that movieled to a Vaudeville tour for four years. 18. It began in 1930. At first they went to theBritish Isles for summer vacations. She metand visited King George and Queen Mary atBuckingham Palace in 1931. There werevisits to France, Yugoslavia, and Japan. 19. In October, 1935 her dearest friend, herteacher died.During the second world war she visiteddisabled soldiers. After the war she went toGermany, Africa, Latin America, India andother places. 20. Helen retires from public life In October1961 Helen suffered the first of a series ofstrokes, and her public life was to draw to aclose. On June 1, 1968, at Arcan Ridge, HelenKeller died peacefully in her sleep. 21. To a normal person sun islight and warmth.But to a blind person?In little Helens own wordsIt seemed to me that there could be nothing more beautiful than the sun,whose warmth makes all things grow 22. I learned how the sun and the rain make to grow out of the ground every treeShe sends the sunshine and rain to makethem growI think the sunshine is Natures warm smile, and the raindrops are her tears 23. Blindness or deafness is not a problem to love the nature. The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched.They must be felt with the heart."Nature is "a feeling, a love and an appetite." 24. I think you will be glad to hear that these poems have taught me to enjoy and love the beautiful springtime, even though Icannot see the fair, frail blossoms which proclaim its approach, or hear the joyouswarbling of the home-coming birds. SweetMother Nature can have no secrets fromme when my poet is near. 25. Few know what joy it is to feel the rosespressing softly into the hand, or thebeautiful motion of the lilies as they swayin the morning breeze. 26. Even in the days before my teacher came,I used to feel along the square stiff boxwood hedges, and, guided by the sense of smell, would find the first violets and lilies. There, too, after a fit of temper, I went tofind comfort and to hide my hot face in thecool leaves and grass. 27. "The public must learn that the blind man isneither genius nor a freak nor an idiot. Hehas a mind that can be educated, a handwhich can be trained, ambitions which it isright for him to strive to realise, and it is theduty of the public to help him make the bestof himself so that he can win light throughwork" 28. In 1915, the Permanent BlindWar Relief Fund, later calledthe American Braille Press, wasfounded. She was a member ofits first board of directors. 29. Helen joined AmericanFoundation for the Blind in 1921and worked for the organizationfor over 40 years. 30. I WILL NOT JUST LIVE MY LIFE. I WILL NOT JUSTSPEND MY LIFE. I WILL INVEST MY LIFE." 31. There are many valuable thingswe can learn from The story ofmy Life 32. I knew that there wereobstacles in the way; but I was eager to overcome them 33. That living word awakened mysoul, gave it light hope, joy, set it free!There were barriers still, it is true, butbarriers that could in time be sweptaway 34. I took my "Reader for Beginners" andhunted for the words I knew; when I foundthem my joy was like that of a game of hide-and-seek 35. I slip back many times, I fall, Istand still, I run against theedge of hidden obstacles, Ilose my temper and find it again and Every one who wishes to keep it better, I trudgegain true knowledge must on, I gain a little, I feel climb the Hill Difficultyencouraged, I get more alone, and since there is noeager and climb higher royal road to the summit, Iand begin to see the must zigzag it in my own waywidening horizon 36. feeling like a fairy on a rosy cloudI spent many happy hours in my tree ofparadise, thinking fair thoughts and dreamingbright dreams 37. She knew the beauty of inner strength and power of the feelings, more than anyoneelse 38. A woman with great patience, compassion, love, kindness, determination & optimistic attitudeIts quiet worthwhile to focus on herteacher Anne Sullivans characterthrough the words of Helen Keller 39. You cannot touch theclouds, you know; butyou feel the rain andknow how glad theflowers and thirstyearth are to have itafter a long day. Youcannot touch loveeither; but you feel thesweetness that itpours into everything.Without love youwould not be happy orwant to play 40. A powerful teaching methodologyAdhering to the principles of effective childeducationThe reference to the nature 41. She linked my earliest thoughts withnature and made me feel that birds andflowers and I were happy peersShe knew the best for herA gradual but effective teaching procedureshe followed 42. Everything Miss Sullivan taught me sheillustrated by a beautiful story or a poem Creativity and Imagination Key ways of Teaching and Learning 43. Any Qs? 44. ChamilaWijayarathna Maduranga Siriwardena Nadeeshaan Gunasinghe Dinithi Sumanaweera Kelum Deshapriya