Don As a left handed tyer I teach righties this way. Set directly accross from her. It works best if you both have a vise. You become a mirror image. This way she can watch your hands and copy what you do on your vise without having to think about reversing any of the movements .
Gary S fight crime...shoot back Don Johnson wrote: > Here's the scenario: > 1 pupil, female, smarty-pants, already knows > everything and, oh yeah, she's left handed and only 5 > years old. > > I have taught classes before so I know how to explain > and show with the intent of teaching. My dilemma is > that in trying to show her by example and using the > same vise I flounder (that's putting it nicely) > because we have the vise set up to accomodate her > left-handedness and I am not very ambidextrious. Are > there any right-handers on the list that have taught > lefties that could offer advice and are there any > southpaw tiers and/or teachers that could offer > suggestions from their perspective, please? > > Of all the things we have done together, the task at > hand (no pun intended) is one of the most important to > me and I don't want to foul it up because I can't tie > in a manner that allows Maddie to learn easily. > > Thanks, in advance, for any and all assistance! > > DJ > > ===== > http://www.geocities.com/salmn8r/caddisforkids.html > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Y! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your web site > http://webhosting.yahoo.com/
