[blparent] tips for reading to small children

Wendy Meuse w_meuse at telus.net
Wed Jul 22 03:24:44 UTC 2015 

Hi Nicole:  My daughter was the same way.  I found out later that she is borderline dislexic.  Oh man I had a heck of a time getting 
her to read anything outloud or otherwise. I tried getting books out of the library I knew she would like, and that helped a little. 
For example, she loves horses.  so one of the books we read was about a girl and her horse.  She still does not like reading much, 
but she is pretty good at it now.  She read to her children and that is grate.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Nicole Helmkamp via blparent" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
To: "Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Cc: "Nicole Helmkamp" <nkhutch86 at gmail.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 21, 2015 10:14 AM
Subject: Re: [blparent] tips for reading to small children


Hi Jodie,

That's exactly how we go about it now. I have him spell the word to me and we sounded out together. But because he is sofar behind I 
would say 90% of the books he's being asked to read in school are above his reading level and comprehensionhi Jodie,

That's exactly how we go about it now. I have him spell the word to me and we sounded out together. But because he is so far behind 
I would say 90% of the books he's been asked to read in school are above his reading level and comprehension at this point. But I am 
working hard to get him caught up before school starts this year. It's sometimes a challenge because he does not enjoy reading or 
even trying. So every time he's asked to read a book he throws a huge temper tantrum. But I'm not giving up.

Nicole
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> On Jul 21, 2015, at 1:04 PM, Jody Ianuzzi via blparent <blparent at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>
> Hi Nicole
>
> When my kids were learning to read I didn't have to see the book to help them.  I would have them read aloud and when they came to 
> a word they didn't know, I would have them spell it and we would sound it out together.  Probably the biggest hurdle he has is 
> feeling comfortable reading out loud so if he feels comfortable reading to you, that is a big step.
>
> JODY p:
> thunderwalker321 at gmail.com
>
> "There's no point in being grown up if you can't be childish sometimes."  DOCTOR WHO (Tom Baker)
>
>
>
>> On Jul 21, 2015, at 11:35 AM, Nicole Helmkamp via blparent <blparent at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>
>> Hello,
>> I too am curious about this as I have a nine-year-old stepson who is very behind in reading. He is at like a first or second 
>> grade level. Has anyone tried using the Bard books from the NLS to listen to with their children? I have not tried this yet but I 
>> just recently thought about it. He is still reading small books but I wonder if there is another way I can get a hold of the 
>> books he's reading online or in a different format so that I could either read them before hand and follow along with him or know 
>> the words that he is missing to be able to help.
>>
>> Nicole
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>>> On Jul 21, 2015, at 10:16 AM, Jody Ianuzzi via blparent <blparent at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello Dawn,
>>>
>>> Yes, I did the same thing when my ids were small.  My daughter wanted a tape player just like mommy's so I got the Fischer Price 
>>> cassette player.  Then we got the cassette book sets and listened to them together.  We could also borrow the tape book sets 
>>> from the library.
>>>
>>> That was twenty five years ago and I don't know if cassette books are available any more.
>>>
>>> I wonder if there are digital book alternatives now or iPhone apps for story time.
>>>
>>> JODY p:
>>> thunderwalker321 at gmail.com
>>>
>>> "There's no point in being grown up if you can't be childish sometimes."  DOCTOR WHO (Tom Baker)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> On Jul 21, 2015, at 8:45 AM, dawn stumpner via blparent <blparent at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> All the tips so far sound great and are things I did with my kids when they were little.  It sounded to me from your original 
>>>> post like you may not be a braille reader, and I thought of another kind of book that was fun when the kids were small.  There 
>>>> were some print books and some print-braille books (with pictures like kids enjoy) that came with a cassette and that would 
>>>> have a sound like a bell or a beep when it was time to turn the page.  When they were under 5, they really enjoyed being in 
>>>> charge of when each page was turned, and it was great for me too, particularly for the books that didn't have braille like ones 
>>>> from the library.  Unfortunately, it has been quite some time since my kids were small, so I haven't looked for those kinds of 
>>>> books in a long time, so you'd have to ask at different places to see if they had them.  I think they must still exist.  I 
>>>> think I got most of them from my local library (the ones with no braille), and from a place in my city that does braille and 
>>>> recording as a volunteer service and keeps a lending library.  I used to also sometimes get these books called "Books for Tots" 
>>>> or something like that from a place in California.  I can't remember the name, but I'll try to think of it.  Maybe someone on 
>>>> this list remembers them too...  they're the place that used to send out those EXPECTATIONS books each year with 4 raised 
>>>> pictures, a scratch-and-sniff page, and an anthology of stories and books free to blind children each year.  They have 
>>>> all-braille books, but they (at least used to, and hopefully still do) produce books with pictures in them that comes with a 
>>>> set of toys or figures related to the story and a sound recording.  Blind kids could pick out a certain number of books free 
>>>> each year, but they also at the time my kids were little gave books to blind parents of sighted children, and you could always 
>>>> purchase books, too.
>>>> You might also get some of those fun "sound books" that have very little text (you could probably even memorize it or just wing 
>>>> it), and then you push a button to hear the sound.  For example, one page will have a truck, and the child pushes the button 
>>>> corresponding to the truck to hear a truck sound, and then the next page will have a train, a boat, a plane, and so forth with 
>>>> those sounds.  There are also books where you can touch things on each page (I remember one with animals, and each page had a 
>>>> place you could touch the cat's sandpapery tongue, the sheep's woolly fleece, etc.
>>>> The part where I can't be very helpful is remembering where I got each of these kinds of books, but if you ask around at 
>>>> Seedlings, your local library, and even bookstores for the little books with the audio recordings, you should find some.  You 
>>>> could also contact a place that volunteers to braille and record books.  It wouldn't be very expensive to give them some Dr. 
>>>> Seus, Curious George, Mercer Mayer's Critter Books, or whatever you find at garage sales, and they could record them on tape, 
>>>> putting a sound like a bell, a clap, or whatever to indicate it's time to turn the page for the next picture and text.  You 
>>>> could also ask them to indicate which page you start on with a tactile clue like a dot in the corner of the page.  The place 
>>>> that does brailling and recording a lot in Madison Wisconsin is BLTS (Braille Library and Transcription Services), and they 
>>>> might be able to do something like that for you even if you don't live in Wisconsin.  I know they lend their books and 
>>>> materials to people all over the country, too.
>>>> Sorry this response was so long.  I wish you luck! I'm sure you'll find a way! And if I think of the name of the place in CA or 
>>>> any other ideas, I'll most again.  There are a TON of good old plain audio books too that you can listen to together at any 
>>>> age, but I know when kids are 3, they really like having pictures with stories.
>>>> Dawn
>>>>
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