[blparent] Helping children with homework?

[Mari Hunziker]

Thank you Judy.
My 12 year old frequently helps. But both kids are sighted and I am the one
that is blind. So it makes it difficult.
Thank you,
Mari Hunziker

On Wed, Oct 19, 2016 at 10:26 AM, Judy Jones via BlParent <
blparent at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> My first thought, if the worksheets are for the eight-year-old, can the
> twelve-year-old help?  Also, I would try to come up with an alternative
> solution with the teacher, like you say, testing with real coins.  I don't
> remember that we had that same kind of dilemma, but what I do remember is
> that teachers were more than willing to go along with any alternative
> solution we as parents could come up with to help our children learn the
> same material.
>
> Judy
>
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> Hunziker via BlParent
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> Hi,
> I have been a stay-at-home mom raising my kids for the past 12 years. I
> have been helping my 12 year old and now 8 year old with homework everyday
> since they started school. I love it. I am legally blind and I have some
> residual vision.
> My question is - My kids have come home with Money Math worksheets
> (identifying, counting coins, etc.) How do you help your child do these
> worksheets? The worksheets are so difficult to see in order to discriminate
> the differences in the coins. How do you help your child with these type of
> homework sheets? Is there an app? Should I tell the teacher? What have you
> done?
>
> This hasn't helped with worksheets but has helped for real life scenarios.
>  -  I've tried to make it a point to try and pay in cash and coins at the
> market to give my children the opportunity to pay by counting out the coins.
> Thank you,
> Mari Hunziker
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