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

[Samantha Parker]

puffy paint works well, too.

--- On Tue, 8/31/10, Marie <empwrn at bellsouth.net> wrote:

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

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)
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