[blparent] Teaching your child braille

[Star Gazer]

You can certainly do this. Know that your daughter may  not care much about
Braille. Mine doesn't and I read it all the time. She gets excited when we
see out and about, but has never shown any interest in wanting to learn it.
Interestingly enough,, she loves, and she's especially good at powers of two
which is also computer language. That's pretty close to Braille. She hasn't
figured out the link yet. Teach it if you want, just don't waste energy
being upset if your daughter isn't as into it as you would like.

-----Original Message-----
From: blparent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Gloria G
Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2013 8:39 AM
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Subject: Re: [blparent] Teaching your child braille

Thank you for the possitive response.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "melissa R green" <graduate56 at juno.com>
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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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