[blparent] Teaching your child braille

[melissa R green]

I think that is a good idea.  Its your decision.
It can also act as a special moment for the two of you.

Sincerely,
Melissa and Pj
Happiness always looks small while you hold it in your hands, but let it go, 
and you learn at once how big and precious it is.



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gloria G" <gloria.graves at gmail.com>
To: "Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2013 5:04 PM
Subject: [blparent] Teaching your child braille


Hi all,
I am a first time mom and wll have my daughter in early July. I am blind and 
am a braille user. I am planning to purchase twin vision books to read to my 
daughter when she comes and up through her early years. Because I am a blind 
parent I thought it would be nice to teach my daughter braille. She will 
most likley be sighted, but thought it would be nice to at least teach her 
the basics, meaning the alphabet and numbers in braille. I thought it would 
just be something extra she could have under her belt. My question is, have 
any of you taught your sighted children braille, and if so, how did you go 
about doing this? I learned braille with using my fingers, but because she 
will be sighted, I am wondering how this will work because I have heard that 
many sighted people read braille with their eyes. Thanks for any suggestions 
or advice in advance.
Gloria
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