[blparent] [parent] [parent] kindergarten
Dianna Alley
dianna24 at earthlink.net
Sun Sep 9 13:29:58 UTC 2018
I have always spoke with teachers before my child got into every grade. All
parents go to orientation if it is offered, I hope. I generally have
discussed how to accommodate me in order to let me be able to help my child.
I generally do not discuss how to get other children to accept my blindness
unless the teacher or a child asks because as a parent my first goal is to
worry about my own child's education like all other parents. I consider my
blindness as a secondary conversation if we need to have it. I do not
educate everyone and will never start because I am busy just trying to be a
regular parent, which is hard enough. I am not saying I do not educate, but
it is not my first priority unless it is directly related to the education
of my own child. By the way, I used to speak to different classes as a
blind individual when people with disabilities were being talked about, as a
part of the education process, and we did everything from playing beeper
ball locate with the little kids to giving them their names in braille, and
the ABC's and numbers. We also let some of the older kids make Peanut
butter and jelly sandwiches, but everyone is so allergic to nuts now you
might not be able to do that one. Any age in my opinion could do something
like that with plastic ware. You could let them make any type of sandwich.
Again, everything is so monitored now, you would have to check with the
school to se what you could do with the students. I personally do not
recommend just going and doing a presentation. For one, these days schools
want those to be related to what is being studied at the time of the
presentation.
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From: BlParent <blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Veronica Martinez
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Subject: Re: [blparent] [parent] kindergarten
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
> Sent: Saturday, September 08, 2018 2:48 PM
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> Cc: Jo Elizabeth Pinto <jopinto at msn.com>
> 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
>
> "The Bright Side of Darkness"
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> http://www.amazon.com/author/jepinto
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: BlParent <blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Rob Kaiser
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> Sent: Friday, September 7, 2018 3:26 PM
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>
> 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
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> 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-----
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> Sent: Friday, September 7, 2018 10:36 AM
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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
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: BlParent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
> Tatyana via BlParent
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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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