[blparent] [parent] kindergarten

Sun Sep 9 06:42:02 UTC 2018

hello, have you had a chance to talk with the teacher before school started? I got to meet my sons teacher during school orientation, the week before school started. I am going to go to his class in October, and read to the kids, and give them each a card with their name on it. That might be something you can do. 
Veronica

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> On Sep 8, 2018, at 4:28 PM, Dianna Alley via BlParent <blparent at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> I respect my child's feelings and she is entitled to them, but will never
> stop teaching any child who wishes to learn even if she does not like it.  I
> will help her work on herself, and help her realize that being different is
> very much ok.  Everyone is different in their own way, Including the
> children who make pick on our kids for having us as parents.  To me that is
> bullying and the kids who pick on my child regarding my blindness and her
> having to deal with it will be dealt with as such.  Again, this is my
> opinion, and my way of handling my child and my life.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: BlParent <blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Jo Elizabeth Pinto
> via BlParent
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> Subject: Re: [blparent] kindergarten
> 
> It kind of depends on how your kid feels about it. My daughter started
> getting teased in the first grade about how she had to walk everywhere
> because her mom couldn't drive a car. So for the next three years, I did a
> quick little presentation about guide dogs for her class. They all got to
> ask questions and each kid got to give the dog a quick pat. Not only did it
> transform my kid from the strange girl who walked everywhere with her mom to
> the lucky one whose mom got to take her dog into stores and restaurants, but
> it also cut down on the curiosity disruption when I showed up with my dog
> for field day events and class parties and such. But starting in fourth
> grade, my daughter felt self-conscious and didn't want the presentation and
> question-and-answer session anymore. It made her stand out as different, and
> at nine years old, that had become severely taboo. So I quit doing it.
> Educating about blindness and service dogs, to me, was not as important as
> respecting my daughter's feelings.
> 
> 
> Jo Elizabeth Pinto
> 
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: BlParent <blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Rob Kaiser via
> BlParent
> Sent: Friday, September 7, 2018 3:26 PM
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> Cc: Rob Kaiser <rcubfank at sbcglobal.net>
> Subject: Re: [blparent] kindergarten
> 
> Also, to the person who has a 15 yearold & doesn't think they need or would
> want to go to their teacher, Several years ago, when I was teaching voice
> lessons @ Glenbrook North, Highschool, 1 of the English classes was reading
> the Miricle Worker. The English teacher asked me to come in & speek to that
> class. I actually wound up speaking to several classes that day. It's always
> important to continue to educate about blindness.
> 
> 
> Rob Kaiser Email;
> rcubfank at sbcglobal.net
> 
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: BlParent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Jo
> Elizabeth Pinto via BlParent
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> Subject: Re: [blparent] kindergarten
> 
> I don't think I'd "just tell the teacher" anything. You might ask the
> teacher if the kids will be talking about the five senses, which is a common
> discussion for kindergartners, or about their names, which is another
> typical subject. If they are, you could offer to come in and do a short--ten
> to fifteen minutes, at most, because of attention spans of
> five-year-olds--talk about blindness or braille that relates to the five
> senses or bring in braille cards with the names of the kids on them for a
> bulletin board. You could offer to bring in a print/braille book and read
> it, then pass it around. You could offer to bring in paper bags with
> different things in them like socks, pinto beans, quarters, pebbles--stapled
> closed--and have the kids shut their eyes, feel the bags, and guess what's
> inside. It's an activity about using their sense of touch instead of sight.
> There are lots of ideas, but you need to collaborate with the teacher and
> not just barge in. And you need to make sure your kid is on board and not
> feeling like a zoo exhibit. It's awkward for some kids and fun for others,
> depending on their personalities.
> 
> 
> Jo Elizabeth Pinto
> 
> "The Bright Side of Darkness"
> Is my award-winning novel,
> Available in Kindle, audio, and paperback formats.
> http://www.amazon.com/author/jepinto
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: BlParent <blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Rob Kaiser via
> BlParent
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> Subject: Re: [blparent] kindergarten
> 
> Kindr is quite young, but I would think that the children would appreciate
> Braille letters & perhaps any other working tools that you could take with
> you. Just tell the teacher you would like to come in & do a short
> presentation to the class. 
> 
> 
> Rob Kaiser Email;
> rcubfank at sbcglobal.net
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: BlParent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Tatyana via
> BlParent
> Sent: Friday, September 7, 2018 8:27 AM
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> Subject: [blparent] kindergarten
> 
> Hi,
> my son just started a kindergarten this week. I would like to come to his
> class just to get an impression about the teacher and the class  stracture
> and so on. what should I say to the teacher, that I would like to come? Of
> corse I can't say I want to see your work with kids and how you
> communicating with kids.  So I'm just asking about nice and polite way to
> say that.
> 
> And second thing, I just thought that would be interesting for all, I
> believe, if I came with short presentation about Braille. If someone did
> that with kindergarteners and would share it here would be great, just
> outline the information  I could present  to the kids and some activities I
> might bring.  I think the kids would  be intrigued with so cool letters as
> Braille.
> 
> Thank you all.
> 
> Tatyana
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