[blparent] Teaching your child braille

[Veronica Smith]

I tried to teach mine, she just didn't learn it.  Haha, she can, however,
with a Braille writer and a Braille card, write a short note.

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From: blparent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Gloria G
Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2013 5:05 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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