[blparent] homework strategies

Mon Jan 6 19:58:37 UTC 2014

When my daughter gets stuck on a letter, I show her a model either on my
Iphone or the computer. 
You'll know if the teacher can't make heads or tails of the handwriting and
if you don't, ask. 
My daughter's handwriting is good. Her spelling sucks. She does fine on big
words, but not so well on little ones. She spelled "anaconda" correctly but
misspelled "fun". I'm not a teacher so I totally missed it, I was all
impressed that she spelled such a long word correctly, and the teacher had
to point out to me (and presumably she did the same for her) that the little
words matter too.

-----Original Message-----
From: blparent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of sheila
Sent: Saturday, January 4, 2014 9:44 AM
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Subject: Re: [blparent] homework strategies

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
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> 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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