[Blindmath] Blindmath Digest, Vol 67, Issue 2

[Maylene Bird]

Dear Ruchi,
You might want to get the APH Math Builders Unit 6 kit.  It has all kinds
of hands-on items.  I would also suggest getting the APH Graphic Aid for
Mathematics soon if you don't have one.  You will need it when he starts to
learn how to do anything on a graph.  Another APH item for drawing is the
APH Draftsman Tactile Drawing Board.  The last thing I will say is to make
sure he learns his Nemeth code.  I teach high school math at the TX School
for the Blind, and the students who really learned their Nemeth well and
were exposed to lots of hands-on tools are my top students.  They should
not be allowed to skip large sections of homework either just because they
are blind.

Good luck!  Our Website for TSBVI has a lot of tools listed under Susan
Osterhaus' math section.

Sincerely,
Maylene Bird

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> Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2012 12:02:48 -0600
> From: Gaylen Kapperman <gkapperman at niu.edu>
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> Dear Ruchi
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> My colleagues and I have written a text on teaching math to blind
> youngsters. We have posted  it on the Texas School site at
> www.tsbvi.edu
> Go there and search for project math access
> or search for
> Gaylen Kapperman
> and you can find lots of suggestions of all types.
> Good luck.
> Gaylen Kapperman
>
> At 11:17 AM 2/1/2012, you wrote:
> >Dear All,
> >
> >
> >
> >I am a mother of a 8 year old blind child. My son uses Vp Arithmetic from
> >Henter math for Math at school and Marvel Math from marvelsoft for mental
> >math polishing at school.
> >
> >
> >
> >He would be going to grade 3 now and while adapting his school textbook I
> >realized that Vp Arithmetic may not be sufficient any longer for the
> >following reasons:
> >
> >1.       There are word problems, for which he will have to make the
> problem
> >and the workspace and then solve it.
> >
> >2.       Problems now involve addition and subtraction both which again is
> >not possible.
> >
> >
> >
> >Eagerly waiting to hear some suggestions from you.
> >
> >
> >
> >Warm regards,
> >
> >Ruchi
> >
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