[blindkid] Learning those letters!

[Carter Holzhouser]

Could you send me a copy too?

Thanks!

On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 3:18 PM, Albert J Rizzi <albert at myblindspot.org> wrote:
> I am wondering do you have a copy of the braille rap? it is so cute and I
> think I got it off this chat list and have used it in my classes with
> children of all abilities. I could send it on if you so desire. Peace.
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindkid-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindkid-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Marie
> Sent: Thursday, July 15, 2010 2:19 PM
> To: Blindkid email
> Subject: [blindkid] Learning those letters!
>
> Jack is in a phase of just loving letters right now. He wants to listen to
> his Little People ABCs CD all the time and if we are not listening to it he
> starts singing one of the songs and asks me to sing it. :)
>
> We got the Scentsational Alphabet book which is nice but he right now he
> just wants to hear the letter names and the sounds the letters make (he does
> not even open the pages of the book itself) so I got him a Leap Frog toy
> that has different modes. One mode just says the letter name. Another mode
> says the name, the sound and a word that starts with that sound. There is
> also just a music mode and a quiz mode. We usually leave it on one of the
> first two modes I mentioned. I added braille labels to every letter so every
> time he presses a letter he feels the braille. I am hoping that hearing the
> name of the letter and/or sound and feeling the braille will help him to
> learn the feel of the letters. I've also added braille labels to my computer
> keyboard so whenever he plays a game (which is really not often) he will
> feel the braille then too.
>
> He is averse to anyone doing much in the way of guiding his hands/fingers so
> I don't try to make him feel the braille in his books anymore. Instead I try
> to model placing my hands on the braille as if that is how I'm reading.
>
> I also added braille labels to all of our letter magnets that I could get
> the labels to fit on. (They won't fit on our leap frog letter sound
> magnets.)
>
> Just my latest ideas, would love to hear some constructive criticism. I love
> this list for such great ideas. Not everything suggested works with Jack but
> all the ideas get me to thinking!
>
> Marie (mother of Jack born May 2005)
> See glimpses of life with my determined son who is developing in his own way
> at his own time at http://allaccesspasstojack.blogspot.com
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