[blindkid] What should my legally blind fine motor impaired childbe doing when

[Robert Jaquiss]

Hello:

     One prebraille skill is to follow lines. Perhaps Jack should have some 
tactile lines to trace with a crayon. Some could be straight, some could be 
wavy, and some could wander about. You can make this kind of material by 
taking sheets of braille paper and gluing yarn, rickrak, string etc. in fun 
patterns. You could also use construction paper and different colored yarns 
to provide variety and contrast. Hope this helps.

Regards,

Robert

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Marie" <empwrn at bellsouth.net>
To: "Blindkid email" <blindkid at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2010 10:07 PM
Subject: [blindkid] What should my legally blind fine motor impaired childbe 
doing when


> the rest of the class is tracing their names? The teacher wrote each 
> child's name with a highlighter marker. The kids traced their names three 
> times and on the last line wrote their names.
> I don't think Jack could see the highlighter on the page. Jack does not 
> trace things yet.  Can someone break this task down for me so I can 
> understand what skill Jack should be working on to get him to eventually 
> tracing--not a highlighter certainly but maybe tracing bold print? Anyway, 
> I'd love to hear the breakdown of this skill if somewhere here on the list 
> knows it.
> For instance, I'm thinking that perhaps Jack should be coloring 
> particularly focusing on actually looking at the page while coloring 
> rather than just reaching out and marking. OR maybe Jack should be 
> learning to follow tactile cues for staying in the lines if looking at the 
> page really seems to bother him (and it does)?
>
> Input please...
>
> 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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