[blparent] [Bulk] Re: [Bulk] Re: Bedtime Stories...

[Elizabeth Cooks]

Sometimes kids can recognize leters at a young age.  Maybe she could do 
that, and her mother knew she could, and was reinforcing that skill.
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Subject: Re: [blparent] [Bulk] Re: [Bulk] Re: Bedtime Stories...


> Hi, I wouldn't had said anything if I didn't think u were being rude.
>
> Thanks!
>
> (Is that enough polite words for u?)
> Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Tammy, Paul and Colyn" <tcl189 at rogers.com>
>
> Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2009 16:04:29
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> Subject: Re: [blparent] [Bulk] Re:  [Bulk] Re:  Bedtime Stories...
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>
> Hi,
>
> I'm not, I'm just wondering how she knew her daughter was pointing to the
> right word since she couldn't see it herself.  I'm just entering that 
> stage
> with my son, and wondered how she did it.  And well we're on the subject,
> why the rudeness below?  I know you're writing on a blackberry, but a hi 
> or
> a thanks isn't too much to ask.  And next time you assume I'm just 
> doubting
> somebody, perhaps you might ask first if that's what I'm doing.  You might
> get a better response if you do.
>
> Tammy
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> Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2009 3:35 PM
> Subject: [Bulk] Re: [blparent] [Bulk] Re: Bedtime Stories...
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>> Why do u have to doubt her if this helped her gain a better reading skill
>> then great!
>> Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: "Tammy, Paul and Colyn" <tcl189 at rogers.com>
>>
>> Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2009 11:24:33
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>> Subject: Re: [blparent] [Bulk] Re:  Bedtime Stories...
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>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> How do you know she wasn't just telling you she could see the word?
>>
>> Tammy
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Veronica Smith" <madison_tewe at spinn.net>
>> To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Monday, July 13, 2009 10:13 PM
>> Subject: [Bulk] Re: [blparent] Bedtime Stories...
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>>
>>> Listening is great, but I really think it is important for our children
>>> to
>>> see the words on the page.  When Gab was little I would read her many
>>> books
>>> and she would look at the pictures.  I would stop and ask her if she
>>> could
>>> find a certain word- maybe dog, cat, fish.  I would say, can you see a 
>>> d,
>>> o,
>>> g.   Gab is now a great speller and reading 7th grade level and she is
>>> only
>>> 9.
>>> V
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] 
>>> On
>>> Behalf Of Melissa Ann Riccobono
>>> Sent: Monday, July 13, 2009 6:45 PM
>>> To: 'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'
>>> Subject: Re: [blparent] Bedtime Stories...
>>>
>>> This is a great point.  I think a lot of kids enjoy listening to stories
>>> that are above the level they can actually read.  I'm not saying read
>>> your
>>> child War And Peace, but I think it is OK to try books slightly above
>>> what
>>> you think they might enjoy just to see if they like them.  If not, no
>>> harm
>>> done.  If so, then you're really helping them gain vocabulary and a love
>>> tof
>>> reading and stories.
>>> Melissa
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] 
>>> On
>>> Behalf Of Eileen Levin
>>> Sent: Monday, July 13, 2009 8:12 PM
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>>> Subject: Re: [blparent] Bedtime Stories...
>>>
>>> My public library has recorded books which I am using with my six year
>>> old.
>>> I have to get the children's librarian to help me select books.    My 
>>> son
>>> is
>>> really enjoying listening to books several grades above his actual 
>>> level.
>>> And he likes looking at the art work on the front cover of the tapes or
>>> cds.
>>> Eileen
>>>
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