[blparent] Teaching your child braille

[peggy]

My kids have never shown an interest in learning braille but if they had I 
would have definitely taught them basics.  This way they can leave you 
little notes or reminders or whatever that you can read and it could be fun 
and beneficial for you both.  Have fun and good luck.



-----Original Message----- 
From: Gloria G
Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2013 6:04 PM
To: Blind Parents Mailing List
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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