[blindkid] math for blind students
melissa R green
graduate56 at juno.com
Fri Sep 14 00:33:14 UTC 2012
thank you joy.
I completely support your view about math and blind children.
The reason why I am asking all of these questions. I am taking a class on
teaching children math. The teacher has asked me about lesson plans and
adaptation for blind students.
Like, we are doing lots and lots of geometry. In this class.
So I figured I would ask the question on the list about lesson plans and
adaptations.
Have a blessed day.
Many Blessings, Warmly,
Melissa and Pj
Twitter: melissa5674
I never change, I simply become more myself.
----- Original Message -----
From: "JoyO" <ortonsmom at gmail.com>
To: <blindkid at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2012 5:32 PM
Subject: Re: [blindkid] math for blind students
>
Dear Melissa,
I agree that math lesson plans are generally the same for blind students as
sighted students, only using Braille and Nemeth.
In addition, blind students can learn to use a Cranmer abacus which is
adapted for the blind.
The abacus is fast and elegant, and can allow blind students to work
problems at a similar pace to their sighted classmates who are using pencil
and paper. It is one way to help avoid the issue that blind students
sometimes face: that is, they are assigned half as many problems as their
classmates. Long division and long multiplication problems can involve lots
of brailling and lots of rolling the paper back and forth, when worked on
the Braille writer. With the abacus, the problem can be set about as fast as
it can be copied with a pencil.
The Hadley school has an abacus course for families. It is free to families
of blind kids. I really like my teacher for the correspondence course.
There is also information on the "print-compatible" abacus in the _Handbook
for Itinerant and Resource Teachers of Blind and Visually Impaired
Students_.
Fred Gissoni has a book on using the Cranmer abacus, and we have that book
in braille for my daughter.
In addition to abacus and Nemeth, young blind students need to have
manipulatives in their hands so that they can experience the concepts by
touch. Using manipulatives is good practice for all young students.
Hope this helps!
Joy
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