Sandy: Hi, I’m Sandy Prouty, a residential life counselor at the Washington State School
for the Blind. Here with me today is…. Rebecca: I’m Rebecca Fu, I am a student
here. Sandy: We’re here today to show you how
to fold laundry. Okay Rebecca, would you like to get…. We’re going to start with a towel.
To your left is the basket. Rebecca: Okay.
Sandy: Okay, You want to feel the shape of the item that you are folding. Lay it our
flat on the table. Sandy: Feel where the four corners are. With
your right and left hand grab the corners that are closest to you.
Sandy: Fold it in half, to meet the other corners.
Sandy: Make sure that he edges of your towel are together.
Sandy: Smooth the wrinkles. Grab the right side of the towel,
Sandy: and bring it over to meet the left side.
Sandy: make sure your corners all match. Flatten it.
Sandy: You can fold it again. Sandy: Okay. Now we’ll go to a pair of pants.
Sandy: Feel the shape of your pants. The tops and the bottoms.
Sandy: Lay them flat on the table. Sandy: Okay, all the wrinkles are out. Grab
the top of pants with your left and bottom of the leg closest to you with your left and
fold it over to the other side. ‘ Sandy: Do you have the wrinkles out? Grab
the bottom of the legs and fold it over to the top of the pants.
Sandy: With your right hand fold the pants over again.
Sandy: Now we’ll do a shirt. Sandy: Feel the shape of the shirt
Sandy: The top and the bottom, Sandy: The shirt has sleeves. Lay it out flat
on the table. Sandy: Now, the sleeve closet too you and
the bottom of the shirt grab those and fold them in half over the sleeve.
Sandy: Get all the wrinkles out. Sandy: go to the bottom of the shirt…
Sandy: up the side of the shirt we the sleeves meets the shirt. With your left hand grab
the bottom of the sleeve and bring it towards the center of the shirt. Okay?
Sandy: Grab the bottom of the shirt with you right hand and bring it over to meet the top.
Sandy: And fold it one more time. Sandy: Thank you Rebecca, you did a very good
job today. I taught you how to fold a towel, a pair of pants and a shirt.
Rebecca: Thank you. Sandy: You’re welcome. If you’d like more
information contact us at our website at wssb.ws.gov. Thank you.