[blparent] [Bulk] Re: Teaching your child braille

[Gloria G]

Thank you very much for this. I am very excited about the idea.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tammy" <tcl189 at rogers.com>
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Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2013 11:22 AM
Subject: Re: [blparent] [Bulk] Re: Teaching your child braille


> Hi,
>
> I started with just reading to them at first and letting them feel the 
> braille on the page.  That was when they were really little, probably 1 or 
> so.  Then I got a set of 6 golf balls and cut an egg carton so it looked 
> like a braille cell and taught them the alphabet using that.  I taught 
> them the basic shapes of letters and what dots made what letter, and I let 
> them play around with their own configurations.  Now that Remus is four 
> he's starting to use the brailler a bit and he is starting to figure out 
> what dots make what letters, and he likes writing little notes even though 
> he can't spell yet.  I think he mostly uses his eyes to read and I don't 
> have a problem with that.  I have covered Colyn's eyes a bit but it's a 
> game to him, I think he should use whatever senses he can to do whatever 
> he can.
>
> hth
>
> Tammy
>
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Gloria G
> Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2013 8:43 AM
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> Subject: [Bulk] Re: [blparent] Teaching your child braille
>
> Hi,
> What techniques did you use in teaching them braille? Did you start out 
> the
> same way as you learned braille or as a blind person learns braille? I am
> asking because I am not sure when teaching a sighted child braille it 
> helps
> to start with something more than something else or cover their eyes so 
> they
> learn with their fingers, or something like that. Hope this makes since.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Tammy" <tcl189 at rogers.com>
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> Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2013 10:26 PM
> Subject: Re: [blparent] Teaching your child braille
>
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Both my kids use their eyes even though they say they don't.  lol  Colyn 
>> might use his fingers a little more than Remus does but if I cover his 
>> eyes he sometimes can't tell me what he's reading.
>>
>> Tammy
>> -----Original Message----- 
>> From: Sheila Leigland
>> Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2013 11:15 PM
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>> Subject: Re: [blparent] Teaching your child braille
>>
>> Hi, my niece learned a little braille when she wasw in elementary school 
>> but she used her eyes.
>>
>> Sheila Leigland
>>
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