[blparent] homework strategies

Sat Jan 4 17:30:31 UTC 2014

It's interesting, because some school districts are still teaching 
handwriting and some are not.  My daughter is learning some printed letters 
and some handwritten letters already in kindergarten.  Her teacher says it 
is left up to the individual school, and she personally thinks penmanship is 
still important and will continue teaching it as long as she can.

Jo Elizabeth

Truth is tough. It will not break, like a bubble, at a touch; nay, you may 
kick it about all day like a football, and it will be round and full at 
evening.--Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
-----Original Message----- 
From: Nevzat Adil
Sent: Saturday, January 04, 2014 8:11 AM
To: Blind Parents Mailing List
Subject: Re: [blparent] homework strategies

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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