[blparent] Teaching your child braille

[Gloria G]

Thank you for the advice
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From: "Star Gazer" <pickrellrebecca at gmail.com>
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> 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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> 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
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>
>>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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