[blindkid] slate and stylus

[Sally Thomas]

My son uses a one line slate to mark his print papers with a quick note 
about the topic of the paper.  That way he can match up a print paper with 
its corresponding braille or make a tactile record of his grade.  We also 
tried the slate designed for labeling playing cards but brailling on cards 
is hard work!

Sally Thomas
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Penny Duffy" <pennyduffy at gmail.com>
To: "NFBnet Blind Kid Mailing List,(for parents of blind children)" 
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Sent: Friday, May 13, 2011 11:58 PM
Subject: Re: [blindkid] slate and stylus


Thank you Merry-Noel.

Abby is still learning (she learned her first braille letter in November)
but I think I think this is the right step for her.  Every letter in her
head she learned  its cell numbers (the same for the contractions) .  She
 loves to write but is starting to realize that lugging the Perkins Brailler
around the house  isn't the best method. (she was carrying it around and had
it drop on her foot, ouch)    I think the portability of it will really
appeal to her.

It doesn't hurt to introduce it and I think I my prefer using it for small
things over the brailler.

I ordered a slate, The Slate Book and The Bridge to Braille

I am hoping she will use the slate when she is in school for something quick
instead of the marker that she really can't see anyways.

I really think the slate will help ME too.

Thank you so much for the ideas. I think it will be helpful.

So I have to agree to the message earlier. You are a neat lady.

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--Penny
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On Sat, May 14, 2011 at 12:36 AM, Merry-Noel Chamberlain 
<owinm at yahoo.com>wrote:

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> Penny,
> One very important thing to remember are the dot numbers for each letter.
> When writing on the slate one must know the dot numbers and realize that 
> the
> dot numbers are the mirror image of the letter when it is read.  To start
> with the slate and stylus, sometimes I use the following that you can get
> through APH.
>
> Pop-a-Cell – create letters back and forth
> PegCell – create words back and forth.
>
> Also, to gain some practice before actually getting to the slate and
> stylus, I've used play dough.  I have them make a long snake and then 
> press
> it flat.  Using the stylus or a peg toy to press holes in the play dough
> from the right to the left.
>
> Another thing to do is place a sheet of Braille paper on the carpet (or 
> get
> a carpet square from the store) and use the stylus to poke holes through 
> the
> paper - all over the place - willy-nilly - then turn the paper over
> and discover how many letters were made.  This activity does NOT involve 
> the
> slate...
>
> As they get better, I use the sentences in THE SLATE BOOK to practice - I
> like to have someone read them to a student and myself as we compete
> to complete the sentence the fastest with the least amount of mistakes.
>
> Oh, and I don't use the word 'backwards'... I use 'mirror image' or
> 'flipped'.
>
> Above all - HAVE FUN!
>
> Merry-Noel
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