[blindkid] Braille writer
Meng, Debi
Meng at sccompanies.com
Wed Feb 4 19:39:01 UTC 2009
Bonnie - good suggestion - thank you!
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On Behalf Of Bonnie Lucas
Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2009 10:40 AM
To: NFBnet Blind Kid Mailing List,(for parents of blind children)
Subject: Re: [blindkid] Braille writer
I did not start using the Braille writer until I was six because my
parents
did not take me to the blind school until I was six. We lived in a very
rural location and in those days there was no such thing as early
childhood
intervention. I weighed 40 lb and I still remember that it was very hard
to
press the keys and at first I was frustrated. However, with consistent
practice and encouragement from my teachers, I learned to write. We were
rewarded with a ccandy bar for writing our first and last name. My
daugher,
Aubrie, has only used the perkins, the one I won in fourth grade in
1965, to
learn to write with and she has done fine. Encourage just pressing any
key
and making dots at first. then just have your little one write one dot
at a
time and make a whole line of that one dot. the finger strength will
eventually be built up. Remember, that for a sighted child to learn to
form
letters, it takes litterally hundreds of hours of scribbling. Best of
luck.
Bonnie Lucas
----- Original Message -----
From: "Meng, Debi" <Meng at sccompanies.com>
To: <blindkid at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2009 8:10 AM
Subject: [blindkid] Braille writer
>
> Jonathan will never read print so it is imperative that we get him
> started learning Braille. We currently have the old metal Perkins
> brailler. This is very hard for our 3 year old to press the keys.
> Are there other Braille writers available for very young beginners?
>
> Debi
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