[blindkid] reading rates

[Brandy W]

Yes, but they must have consistent experiences and opportunities to read
Braille. I had Braille from about 6 months in my home, knew the alphabet by
the time I was 4, but not enough of my material given to me consistently,
and as an adult I've had to work really hard to get that reading fluency up.

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-----Original Message-----
From: blindkid-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindkid-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Denise Robinson
Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2012 9:17 AM
To: Blind Kid Mailing List, (for parents of blind children)
Cc: Blind Kid Mailing List, (for parents of blind children)
Subject: Re: [blindkid] reading rates

To add to what Dave is saying...the students who began early Braille are
reading 300 .. To 400 plus words per minute. The readers who began later
elem are around 250 and students beginning in high school are around 180
plus words per min....I time them using grade level reading materials...
These are timings done at HS school level now Denise Sent from my iPad

On Mar 23, 2012, at 7:54 PM, David Andrews <dandrews at visi.com> wrote:

> To be honest Carol, I don't really remember -- it has been to many years.
I think I was reading for pleasure, but as I say it was over 40 years ago
when it was done.
> 
> Dave
> 
> At 10:21 AM 3/22/2012, you wrote:
>> Arielle, Heather, Dave, and any other Braille readers out there,
>> 
>> You gave your own reading rates.  What sort of material did you use to
measure this?  Did you do a 5-minute test?  Or did you simply time yourself
reading an article or something like that?  As I read more and more about
this issue and reading rates in general, I see that there are many ways to
measure.  For example, if a person is reading for pleasure the rate will be
faster than if he/she is reading to learn something.
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Carol
>> 
>> Carol Castellano
>> President, Parents of Blind Children-NJ Director of Programs National 
>> Organization of Parents of Blind Children
>> 973-377-0976
>> carol_castellano at verizon.net
>> www.blindchildren.org
>> www.nopbc.org
>> 
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