[blindkid] Incorporating braille at home

[Traci Wilkerson]

Interesting!  We live in the Raleigh, NC area.  I will check out the
website.

Thanks,
Traci Wilkerson

On Thu, May 21, 2015 at 3:15 PM, Marianne Denning via blindkid <
blindkid at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Traci, The State Department has grants for students in certain
> countries to receive scholarships to be exchange students and they
> place an emphasis on students with disabilities.  Then the State
> Department assigns those students to the different sponsoring
> programs.  We go through AFS, American Field Services, for our
> students.  It is an long and interesting story of how we hooked up
> with visually impaired students.  Now that we are a known quantity we
> have not had any problem getting students.  We are hosting our 3rd
> visually impaired student and next year will be our 4th. You can get
> additional information from miusa.org.  If you let me know where you
> live I may be able to get you in touch with AFS in your area.  AFS is
> not the only sponsoring program though.
>
> On 5/21/15, Traci Wilkerson via blindkid <blindkid at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> > How did you get hooked up with an exchange program for VI kids?  We are
> > interested in doing an exchange program but didn't know about getting VI
> > explorers!
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Traci
> >
> > On Wed, May 20, 2015 at 1:43 PM, Marianne Denning via blindkid <
> > blindkid at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> >
> >> I am no longer a child but have blind and visually impaired exchange
> >> students live with us each year.  I have our washer and dryer marked,
> >> organize things in the refrigerator so they can find them, place
> >> rubber bands around shampoo bottles so they can tell shampoo from
> >> conditioner, show them how to find recipes on the internet, and so
> >> much more.  As a blind child growing up I had chores from a very early
> >> age.  I was responsible for chosing my own clothes each day and
> >> helping around the house as any child would do.  The one area Mom
> >> struggled was teaching me to cook.  She learned to cook many things
> >> back before recipes so she didn't measure much.  I did learn to cook
> >> and fixed meals for all of my children.  These are critical skills all
> >> children need to learn.  A little creative thinking can make it
> >> possible for parents to teach their blind children to do anything.
> >>
> >> On 5/20/15, Roanna Bacchus via blindkid <blindkid at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> >> > Dear Blkid List Members,
> >> >
> >> > I'd like to pick up on the post that I made last week about
> >> > incorporating the expanded core curriculum into our lives at
> >> > home.  How have you worked to incorporate braille into the lives
> >> > of your children at home? My mom has placed velcro labels on our
> >> > microwave at home.  I have been heating my own food up ever since
> >> > then and I enjoy doing it.  I have lots of braille books at home
> >> > that I read during my liesure time.  I look forward to hearing
> >> > your thoughts on this topic.
> >> >
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> >> Marianne Denning, TVI, MA
> >> Teacher of students who are blind or visually impaired
> >> (513) 607-6053
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> (513) 607-6053
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