[blparent] Teaching your child braille

[Gloria G]

Thank you for the possitive response.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "melissa R green" <graduate56 at juno.com>
To: "Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2013 9:45 PM
Subject: Re: [blparent] Teaching your child braille


>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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