[blparent] Home schooling

[Brandy W]

OK I strongly recommend the yahoo group called blind Homeschooler. It is a 
group of both blind parents home schooling sighted children, and sighted 
parents home schooling blind children. Do you want a Christian program or 
secular one? There are a lot of resources  out there. I am a teacher with a 
degree and there is a reason they focus so heavily on reading, and that is 
so many children don't get any at home and you can't learn in older grades 
if you aren't a fluent reader. I believe in teaching reading, but also by 
simply providing plenty of books for the child to find and discover. If they 
are interested they will read because they want to not because they were 
forced.

For homeschool or supplemental work visit www.time4learning.com it is 
accessible with Jaws and is a great program. it is fairly inexpensive and 
would push her while she enjoyed it at the same time.

Let me know specific questions.

Bran



"When we treat children's play as seriously as it deserves, we are helping 
them feel the joy that's to be found in the creative spirit. It's the things 
we play with and the people who help us play that make a great difference in 
our lives."
- Fred Rogers

Brandy Wojcik
Discovery Toys Educational Consultant and Team Leader
www.playtoachieve.com
(512) 689-5045

Looking for team members nation wide!
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Baldwin" <mbaldwin at gpcom.net>
To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, December 11, 2011 10:12 PM
Subject: [blparent] Home schooling


> Hi,
> I have seen it brought up here before, and I guess it is my turn to ask
> about home schooling. For now, I would be substituting home school with
> public schooling, that might change for next year. My oldest is in
> kindergarten now. She has been doing a lot of sloppy work lately, and she
> says it is because she is bored in school. From what they are doing, I can
> see her being bored. the teacher, naturally just blows it off when it is
> brought to her attention. but anyways, before I go on about the many 
> issues
> in the public school system, does anyone have good resources for a blind
> parent doing home schooling? My wife works a lot, as a teacher, so most of
> the responsibility would fall to me. I would be looking for all subject
> areas, but reading having the least priority. The school thinks we need 2
> reading programs, yeah lets spend 3 hours a day just on 
> reading...anyways...
>
> thanks,
> Michael
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