[blparent] [parent] [parent] kindergarten
Leslie Hamric
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Sun Sep 9 15:15:16 UTC 2018
I'm having that exact problem with Michael school. I've offered several times to do some kind of presentation on braille or guide dogs and it's never excepted. Or I get the, we'll see and then that's it.
Leslie
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> On Sep 9, 2018, at 8:29 AM, Dianna Alley via BlParent <blparent at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>
> 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.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: BlParent <blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Veronica Martinez
> via BlParent
> Sent: Sunday, September 09, 2018 1:42 AM
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> Cc: Veronica Martinez <preciousminny32 at att.net>
> 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"
>> 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
>> 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
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: BlParent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Jo
>> Elizabeth Pinto via BlParent
>> Sent: Friday, September 7, 2018 2:02 PM
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>> Cc: Jo Elizabeth Pinto <jopinto at msn.com>
>> 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
>> Sent: Friday, September 7, 2018 10:36 AM
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>> Cc: Rob Kaiser <rcubfank at sbcglobal.net>
>> 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
>> Sent: Friday, September 7, 2018 8:27 AM
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>> Cc: Tatyana <tagriru at gmail.com>
>> 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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