[blindkid] Teaching Braille to your children?

[Debby B]

Hadley School for the Blind (hadley.edu) offers FREE classes in Braille, abacus, 
and a large number of other topics. This is where I learned Braille. Also, 
Bridge to Braille by Carol Castellano and Dawn Kosman is excellent.

 Debby
bwbddl at yahoo.com


~"Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can read."~Mark 
Twain




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From: Britta <ijinxu at sbcglobal.net>
To: (for parents of blind children)NFBnet Blind Kid Mailing List 
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Sent: Wed, May 11, 2011 11:18:51 PM
Subject: Re: [blindkid] Teaching Braille to your children?

I would love this information myself to teach my child Braille. My child is 
suppose to be receiving Braille instruction in school, but it is not being done 
properly. In addition the amount of time is not adequate for proper learning. I 
have been fighting a battle with a highly negative school system. I have tried 
to get a tutor, but in the area I live resources are hard to find. 
Thank you,Britta

--- On Wed, 5/11/11, Anne Ward <inland2wards at att.net> wrote:

From: Anne Ward <inland2wards at att.net>
Subject: [blindkid] Teaching Braille to your children?
To: blindkid at NFBnet.org
Date: Wednesday, May 11, 2011, 10:12 PM

Hi, all,
I am wondering how many of you parents took an active part in teaching Braille 
to your children, and, if so, what system/textbook/whatever did you use to 
achieve that?  I've been asked to push our state into providing a certain text 
for parents to check out through the Braille and Talking Book section of the 
state library.  I am not sure that the specific text is the way to go, it seems 
a poor choice for teaching very young children, but at least it would be A tool 
to provide.  The text in question is APH's Braille Series 1992.  Some 
alternatives seem a bit pricey, but a better choice for teaching young 
children.  Myself, I used Just Enough to Know Better to teach myself, but my 
son's vi teacher taught him, and a very slow process it seemed at the time.  If 
any of you have any recommendations, please let me know.  I can think of more 
than one young family that would benefit from this idea, but am not sure of the 
text to be recommended,  with the
best bang for the buck, if I can come up with the buck (don't think the library 
has the buck in these times).
Thanks for any input you can offer me.
Sincerely,
Anne Ward
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