[blparent] homework strategies

Sat Jan 4 15:11:58 UTC 2014

As far as I am aware, they are not even teaching cursive writing
anymore. My daughter was only taught to sign her name and not the
whole thing. I guess with technology, tablets, laptops etc, they do
not see much use of it.

On 1/4/14, sheila <sleigland at bresnan.net> wrote:
> handwriting was something that neither my husband or I could help with.
> Maybe there is a way to do that now but I have no idea  whhat it would be.
> On 1/3/2014 9:19 PM, Kimsan wrote:
>> It varies from child-to-child in my case.  My first grader is still
>> working
>> with me and trying to comprehend the fact that she needs to read stuff to
>> me
>> if she needs help since daddy can't read it.  When she got sstuck on a
>> word,
>> she would spell it out to me.  My second grader is completely an
>> independent
>> worker and mastered the skills taught by her teacher and always gets her
>> stuff done, but when it's time for daddy to help, she and I have no
>> problem
>> for her to read and describe what she needs help with, then there is my
>> fifth grader...
>> When I ask her to repeat and explain what she's done so I can understand
>> and
>> get a good idea of what's going on, and also repeat it again, lol, because
>> I
>> have such the terrible memory, right away, she flips an attitude...
>> That's
>> another story in itself, as I am not sure at this point in time if her
>> attitude is from the recent divorce, or everything else under the sun.
>> 		Teachers always emailed me what they were able to and I've
>> always had a good track record there.  It also helps that I work for the
>> school district, so I can just pop my head in their office when I have a
>> question...
>>
>> This just popped in my head, how do the blind parents here assist with
>> the
>> hand-writing.  My first grader tends to write certain numbers and letters
>> backwards according to her teacher.
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: blparent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Veronica
>> Smith
>> Sent: Friday, January 3, 2014 7:52 PM
>> To: 'Blind Parents Mailing List'
>> Subject: Re: [blparent] homework strategies
>>
>> When G was younger, still in K through 3rd grade, I'd have the teacher
>> email
>> the homework to me.  This way I could see, through the Window eyes, what
>> they were doing.  But as she got older and could read it herself, she'd
>> read
>> the work and directions to me and she'd do the work.  What I found out
>> mostly, they've changed the way we learned and even though I wanted to
>> help,
>> I could not.
>> Basic adding and the like, yes I could do that and after she did the
>> work,
>> I'd check for accuracy.
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: blparent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Kimsan
>> Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2014 7:42 PM
>> To: 'Blind Parents Mailing List'
>> Subject: [blparent] homework strategies
>>
>> Hi,
>> So, everyone, if not most have  posted info on the ages of their
>> children.
>> I'm very big on direct support with my children, reading, writing,
>> helping
>> with homework.
>> Other things I do with my children are: bike ride, play basketball, and
>> whatever my vision allows, as I am blind as a bat, but with my lack of
>> vision, I attempt to demonstrate to my girls that my lack of vision
>> shouldn't be a reason why I can't get things done.  I also have severe
>> hearing loss, which has been challenging lately, but just with the
>> blindness, I will adapt and conquer.
>>
>> I work full time as a braille transcriber, and I also run my own
>> business,
>> so, with the aforementioned, eventually, I think I will have made my
>> point
>> smile.
>> I'm just curious, with how it's such a visual world, and it might just be
>> me
>> not knowing, but what approach other blind parents take when helping
>> children with their homework, let's say, math?
>> Thank you.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: blparent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Joanne
>> Zucker
>> Sent: Thursday, January 2, 2014 6:06 PM
>> To: Blind Parents Mailing List
>> Subject: Re: [blparent] new member
>>
>> Hi Dawn,
>>
>> I see we have some things in common....
>>
>> I am blind, well severely limited in my vision.
>>
>> I have three boys also, almost the same ages. Mine are 12, 15, and 18.
>>
>> Maybe we can connect and share stories.
>>
>> Joanne
>>
>>
>>
>> Sent from my iPad
>>
>> On Jan 2, 2014, at 2:59 PM, dawn stumpner <dawn205120 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I'm a blind mother with 3 sighted sons ages 12, 15, and 19.  I just
>>> heard
>> about the Blparent List/Group, and I'm looking forward to reading and
>> sharing experiences and ideas and connecting with other blind parents.
>> Happy New Year!
>>> Dawn
>>>
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