[blparent] Teaching your child braille

[Gloria G]

Hi,
I am sorry you feel that way. I think learning something is never a waste of 
time. This may be something she could use in the future. She may run into a 
blind classmate, or once she starts working may run intoa blind person, or 
it is something her and I can share. I thought I would have gotten more 
support on this. I think braille is a great tool and don't believe it would 
hurt for a sighted person to at least know the alphabet or have an idea of 
what braille is and how it is used.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gabe Vega Via Iphone4S" <theblindtech at gmail.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2013 7:05 PM
Subject: Re: [blparent] Teaching your child braille


>I don't think this would be very productive. Or have no fruitful games to 
>your child. It might be fun to maybe interesting to learn at first, but 
>this is a waste of your daughters time. Please rethink his decision
>
> Gabe Vega
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> On Apr 2, 2013, at 4:04 PM, "Gloria G" <gloria.graves at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> 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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