[blparent] [blaring] Homeschooling as a Blind Parent

Judy Jones jtj1 at cableone.net
Sat Sep 13 17:37:12 UTC 2014 

Most definitely, eslpecially if she is happy there.  In later grades, if you 
feel her GPA is falling there would be time to consider other alternatives. 
They really don't start looking at GPA scores until one is in high school, 
unless that has changed.

Judy



-----Original Message----- 
From: Nevzat Adil via blparent
Sent: Saturday, September 13, 2014 7:20 AM
To: Jo Elizabeth Pinto ; Blind Parents Mailing List
Subject: Re: [blparent] [blaring] Homeschooling as a Blind Parent

Personally, I never thought of home schooling. My daughter is eleven
and sighted, but she has dyslexia. Going to school gives more
opportunities for children to socialize and make friends. My daughter
has three friends who come regularly to play with her.  this is
something positive as she has no siblings to play with. I am trying to
get the public school she is attending to be more conscious about the
needs and teaching methods of children with dyslexia. According to
statistics one out of five children are dyslexic.  This is an area
where public education should be focussed as many children fall
through the cracks, because they are not getting the support needed. I
do not mind helping her with homework, but I feel the best place for
her is the school.

On 9/13/14, Jo Elizabeth Pinto via blparent <blparent at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> I think care should be taken to read e-mails with neutrality, so to speak,
> or give people the benefit of the doubt when assuming if they meant
> something in a negative way or not. There's usually a way for blind people
> to do most things if we are inventive enough and figure it out.  This list
> is a good place to put our heads together and share ideas.
>
> 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: Michelle Creedy via blparent
> Sent: Saturday, September 13, 2014 12:42 AM
> To: 'Brandy W., with Discovery Toys' ; 'Blind Parents Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [blparent] [blaring] Homeschooling as a Blind Parent
>
> I love these ideas!
>
> Michelle
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Brandy 
> W.,
> with Discovery Toys via blparent
> Sent: Friday, September 12, 2014 11:18 PM
> To: 'Jo Elizabeth Pinto'; 'Blind Parents Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [blparent] [blaring] Homeschooling as a Blind Parent
>
> Sorry that is not how you wrote it. I'd be happy t try to help you with 
> the
> sight word issue as reading is my focus in my degree.
>
> In one way or another obtain or make sight word flash cards, Make sure you
> have 2 of every word. Then play games like go fish and memory with the
> words, and she must read the word each time. So when she flips over 2 
> words
> in memory she has to read them both out loud she just can't say they 
> aren't
> the same. Using the matching sets of cards for these 2 games are 2 of my
> students favorite ways over the years and it helps a ton! Reading eggs is
> also super helpful and super accessible.
>
> I could give you pages of ideas, but those are the easiest quickly.
>
> Bran
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Jo
> Elizabeth Pinto via blparent
> Sent: Friday, September 12, 2014 10:32 PM
> To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [blparent] [blaring] Homeschooling as a Blind Parent
>
> As I said, I really was just asking the original poster to describe the
> methods she would be using, since I'm genuinely interested in ways I can
> help my first grader. She's having difficulty learning her sight words.  I
> posted about that on the list a few weeks ago.  I wasn't even hinting at
> the
> idea that a blind person couldn't home school; I was interested in how it
> would be done, not if it could be done.
>
> 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: Brandy W., with Discovery Toys
> Sent: Friday, September 12, 2014 7:52 PM
> To: 'Jo Elizabeth Pinto' ; 'Blind Parents Mailing List'
> Subject: RE: [blaring] Homeschooling as a Blind Parent
>
> Hi, Frankly blind people can teach reading and writing I'm a teacher with 
> a
> degree in elementary education that runs a childcare and has homeschooled
> several peoples children plus taught in the classroom.
>
> Now for the original posters questions. there is a yahoo group called 
> blind
> homeschooler and a face book group with the same name.
>
> I would be happy to talk with you on ways it can be done.
>
> Bran
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Jo
> Elizabeth Pinto via blparent
> Sent: Friday, September 12, 2014 6:23 PM
> To: Misty Dawn Bradley; Blind Parents Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [blparent] Homeschooling as a Blind Parent
>
> Is she sighted?  I'm not doubting your abilities at all.  I'm just curious
> how you intend to go about teaching your daughter to read and write and
> such.  Frankly, I'm very interested in knowing the details of how you plan
> to do it because some of your methods might help me supplement my child's
> education at home, even though she's attending public school.
>
> 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: Misty Dawn Bradley via blparent
> Sent: Friday, September 12, 2014 3:26 PM
> To: blparent at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [blparent] Homeschooling as a Blind Parent
>
> Hi everyone,
> Does anyone on this list homeschool their children? I have a 6 year old
> child, and I am planning to homeschool her starting next week. I have
> already withdrawn her from the school she was enrolled in and researched
> the
> laws relating to homeschooling in Texas and am looking into what method or
> sources for teaching her I will use. I would like to know if there are 
> also
> blind parents homeschooling their children? I am totally blind and will be
> homeschooling her on my own as a single parent. Also, are there blind
> homeschoolers groups I could join for blind parents?
> Thank you,
> Misty
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