[Pibe-division] Questions about Braille instruction

Wed Feb 17 14:24:42 UTC 2010

I am confused as to your comment "I don't think much of Kindergarten is spent on braille". Well, of course it is! All the sighted children are learning how to read and write their print letters, and learning their sounds etc. So a blind student who needs braille also needs to be learning his/her letters in braille. A blind child should learn their literacy skills at the same rate as their sighted peers. The goal for braille is always to be on par with their classmates. In todays world of education, many kids are reading by the time they start first grade. Very different from 26 years ago when I first started teaching. Always aim high!
 I also agree with checking out the TSBVI website - there is a wealth of information there. 
Welcome to the wonderful world of teaching braille!! What a joy to see fingers flying across a page.

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Hi Jackie. I am a braille teacher of 6 years. I teach high school, so I am forwarding your letter to Mrs. Woodson, who is my braille professor at New Orleans, La. I don't think much of kindergarten is spent on braille anyway. You will be given a large braille version, if you do. Mrs. Jeri Woodson will tell you what you need to know. cindy 

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Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2010 13:01:46 -0800
From: jackieanderson54 at yahoo.com
To: pibe-division at nfbnet.org
Subject: [Pibe-division] Questions about Braille instruction

Hello,

I am a beginning Braille teacher.  I was wondering where can I find information about time line for braille instruction?  By the end of kindergarten, what should the a student be expected to have covered?  

Jackie Anderson

A long journey begins with one step
There is a literacy crisis in America.
Only 10% of children who are blind are 
taught to read Braille.  

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	Seedlings Braille Books for Children
	Announces: 40 New Low-cost Braille Books Now Available!
	February 2010
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	Seedlings' 2010 Catalog Update is ready!
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	We are very excited to announce that our 2010 
	Catalog Update will be in the mail to you very 
	soon, but you don't have to wait. The new books 
	are already listed on our website and are ready to be ordered!

	New Print-Braille-&-Picture Books in Uncontracted Braille:
	    Baby's Very First Touchy-Feely Book
	    Clifford's Bedtime
	    Let's Eat--Vamos A Comer (in English & Spanish)
	    Little Quack Loves Colors

	New Print-Braille-&-Picture Books in Contracted Braille:
	    First Picture Nursery Rhymes
	    Mama's Right Here

	New Print-and-Braille Easy-Readers (no pictures):
	    Caps for Sale (in uncontracted braille)
	    Barack Obama: Out of Many, One (in contracted braille)

	  New Braille Fiction in Contracted Braille
	    (no print or pictures):

	    Allie Finkle's Rules for Girls Book One: Moving Day
	    American Girls: Happy Birthday, Molly!
	    American Girls: Happy Birthday, Samantha!
	    American Girls: Julie Tells Her Story
	    American Girls: Thanks to Nicki
	    Animal Rescue: Charlie the Home-Alone Kitten
	    The Blind Outlaw
	    Boxcar Children #25: The Amusement Park Mystery
	    Boxcar Children #37: The Mystery of the Lost Village
	    The Breadwinner--An Afghan Child in a War Torn Land
	    Charlie Bone and the Invisible Boy
	    Dear America: When Will This Cruel War Be Over?
	    The Egyptian Box
	    Goosebumps Horrorland #1: Revenge of the Living Dummy
	    Hardy Boys #59: Night of the Werewolf
	    Igraine the Brave
	    The Jungle Book
	    Junie B. Jones Is a Party Animal (#10)
	    Junie B., First Grader: Boss of Lunch (#19)
	    Junie B., First Grader: Cheater Pants (#21)
	    Lady Grace Mysteries: Conspiracy
	    Magic Tree House #9: Dolphins at Daybreak
	    Magic Tree House #37: Dragon of the Red Dawn
	    Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew: The Zoo Crew
	    Robinson Crusoe (Junior Classics edition)
	    A Swiftly Tilting Planet
	    Three Stories from Winnie-the-Pooh
	    Wayside School Is Falling Down
	    The Window

	New Braille Poetry in Contracted Braille (no print or pictures):
	    Where the Sidewalk Ends

	New Braille Nonfiction in Contracted Braille (no print or pictures):
	    First Kids: The True Stories of All the Presidents' Children
	    Growl! A Book about Bears

	You don't have to wait for your flyer to arrive. 
	Check out our 1,000+ braille books right now on 
	our accessible website: Seedlings' Online Catalog

	For a list of the new books with authors and 
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	To download a textfile version of Seedlings' 
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	Seedlings' books are always "on sale": we sell 
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	"The road to knowledge begins with the turn of the page."
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	2010 Book Angel Program ... Register Now!
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	Seedlings' Book Angel Program is open to 
	visually-impaired children who live in the US, 
	and through this program each child can receive 2 
	free Seedlings' books (you list 4 books from our 
	catalog and we will send 2 of them.)

	To register, just fill out the form on page 52 of 
	the 2010 catalog, or better yet, fill it out 
	online right now by clicking here: Seedlings' Book Angel Program
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	the opportunity for literacy by providing 
	high-quality, low-cost children's literature in 
	braille. The services we provide are completely 
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	You can help in a very simple way:  you can earn 
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	If you go through GoodSearch to your favorite 
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