[blparent] bedtime stories

[Barbara Hammel]

When I did day-care ten years ago the children were already disinterested in 
books.  I had to make the book hop if there was a bunny or make the children 
do some action like flap their arms like the chicken in Mister Gumpy's 
Outing.
My own children never sit for books.  I just read while they play.  One of 
them comes to scratch the Braille now and then.  Of course, he gets gentle 
reprimands because he's a potential Braille reader.
Barbara

If wisdom's ways you wisely seek, five things observe with care:  of whom 
you speak, to whom you speak, and how and when and where.

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From: "Amy Murillo-Hicks" <amym2 at cox.net>
Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2009 9:03 PM
To: <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Subject: [blparent] bedtime stories

> Hi there,
>
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>
> With my children being a little older, 10 and 12, I have really noticed 
> how
> I just can't get them to read at all on their own without a book report or
> extreme bribes or threats.
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>
> I have discussed this with my kid's friend's parents, and we seem to be
> finding that this is an epidemic and they are so in to video games, or
> texting, or just being on the computer.
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> One of the things that I have started is and audio described movie night
> where we listen to a downloaded movie with just the sound track.
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> My kids are both sighted, and we have found that this is a method for
> helping them to use their imagination, and have still some kind of
> multi-media experience.
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>
> I used many of the resources mentioned in this thread when they were 
> little,
> and I found that using the twin vision books are really important:
> especially the ones where the line of Braille is comparable to the line of
> print for helping to teach my kids to read along.
>
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>
> I'm not sure that I have any answers, just some more thoughts to add to 
> the
> mix.
>
>
>
> Amy M-H
>
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