[blparent] [parent] [parent] kindergarten
Rob Kaiser
rcubfank at sbcglobal.net
Sun Sep 9 15:21:08 UTC 2018
In stead of talking with the teacher, you might want to go to possibly the
assistant principal or perhaps the principal of the school. You would think
that schools would be glad to have a person with a disability come into
classes to speak with the students.
Rob Kaiser Email;
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From: BlParent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Leslie
Hamric via BlParent
Sent: Sunday, September 9, 2018 8:15 AM
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Cc: Leslie Hamric <lhamric930 at comcast.net>
Subject: Re: [blparent] [parent] [parent] kindergarten
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
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> 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
>> To: Blind Parents Mailing List <blparent at nfbnet.org>
>> 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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