[blParent] Braille Book Resources for Blind Parents?

Thu Jul 23 23:09:33 UTC 2020

nfb.org/braille or www.braille.orgor nbp.org or your loco library


On 7/23/20, Melissa Ann Riccobono via BlParent <blparent at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> These are really good points. My oldest loved to be read to! It was one of
> his favorite things. My middle also liked it, but not as much as her brother
> at first. My youngest... Well, she would play around me while I read, but
> never seemed that interested... That is, until she started getting a lot of
> ear infections. She would not show the typical symptoms with her ear
> infections. She rarely ran fevers, and did not seem off balance, and she did
> not even pull at her ear much. But what I started noticing is that she
> always wanted to just sit and read with me, and, sure enough, I'd take her
> to the doctor, and she had an ear infection. She finally needed ear tubes,
> which were wonderful. I wish we had gotten them earlier for her.
> As my son got older, he wanted to mostly read by himself. He did not mind me
> reading to him, but he would rather go up to his room and read to himself
> before bed. My two younger ones love for me to read to them at night before
> bed. They are old enough now that I have read almost all of the Little House
> books to them, and we are now starting a series about Polish American girls
> from Wisconsin, (where I grew up) which are books my mom read to me and my
> sister when we were young.
> I think it is nice to have books around to read together, but it's also
> great to get books from a library so your child has variety. Or, of course,
> just telling stories is a great way to talk to your baby.
> Congratulations!
> Melissa
>
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> Subject: Re: [blParent] Braille Book Resources for Blind Parents?
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> We get a lot of braille from Library Of Congress.
>
> Like you, I wanted lots of Braille books when my first was born.
> What I found out was that my kids are hug monsters. When they were babies
> they wanted me to hold them and I found it impossible to read Braille while
> doing that.
> We listened to a lot of NLS books.
> When they are tiny, it doesn’t matter what you listen to, with my youngest,
> my two favorites were The Boys In The Boat and Dead Wake, not kids books but
> great stories, both of which actually happened.
> It also gave me things to talk about with my husband other then the baby.
>
> Realize that when your baby gets older, he or she will want books that you
> may not have and may not be able to get in Braille.
> That’s fine, again, they want to explore interests and share them with you.
> My oldest likes dinosaurs, something I never really cared about until she
> got into them when she was very very young, like barely able to talk young.
>
> I remember her favorite book was one called The Day The Dinosaurs Died back
> when she was in preschool.
> I haven’t found that one in Braille.  She wanted many dinosaur books that
> she found at the library, and I can clearly remember when she was in first
> grade taking a banana, putting it in my hand and telling me that was how
> long a t-rex’s tooth is.  It was neat, she was so intent on explaining it to
> me.
> My middle daughter really liked this book called How To Be An Elephant which
> talks about the family structure of elephants and Boss Baby.  I’m not sure
> if that book is in Braille, even if it is, she got Boss Baby right when her
> little brother was born so the copy of the book she has matters to her.
>
> Know too that as the times change what our kids are comfortable reading
> changes.
>
> I have been reading The Mouse And The Motorcycle in Braille to our middle
> child.
> My husband and her were both all excited when I got that one out, again from
> the library of Congress and they both said “yay Braille!” when I opened it.
> It was adorable.
> Reading went just fine until we got to the chapter where the little boy gets
> sick. The symptoms just happen to be many of the Covid symptoms.
>
> That really freaked out our daughter. The interesting thing is that I
> selected the book because it didn’t mention school or other human playmates.
>  My husband and I had noticed that the books involving school and friends
> really upset her once school closed.
>
> It took her many weeks before she was ready to have me continue reading The
> Mouse And The Motorcycle.  I almost sent it back.  Then she noticed it and
> made me promise that the little boy didn’t have covid.
>
> All this is to say, obtain books if that is what you want to do, just know
> that your first priority is to enjoy your child and that that form may not
> look like what you are thinking.
>
>
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> From: Sharon Payne via BlParent
> Sent: Wednesday, July 22, 2020 9:03 PM
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>
> While they are little, the teacher and Braillist May provide more from
> school.
>
> In the USA and some other countries there are free libraries sponsored by
> the Library of Congress here and government organizations overseas.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, Jul 20, 2020 at 9:04 PM mind Star via BlParent <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> wrote:
>
>> I love the seedlings angel program. You get about 3 free books a year.
>> You have to sign up.
>> Also braille tails from aph is another great one.
>> Also the actionfund.org
>>
>> Hope this helps a little.
>> Amanda
>>
>> On 7/20/20, Natalie via BlParent <blparent at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> > Hi All:
>> >
>> > I’m wondering if there are any programs for free or low-cost books
>> > for
>> blind
>> > parents of sighted children? I definitely plan to purchase books
>> > from the main Braille children’s books places, but would love to
>> > have giant piles
>> of
>> > books without going broke. 😊
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Thanks in advance for any info.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Sincerely,
>> >
>> > Natalie
>> >
>> >
>> >
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