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We do have a few exercises where our little ones use crayons to mark answers but we have them do it non-visually. Since our little kids cant fit into sleepshades (blindfolds) we will find cute little sunshades in the $1 bin and color or paint them to block out vision. Little ones who do have usable vision are usually a hard sell when it comes to non-visual learning but the sunshades help <u>but</u> if it is going to be a fight I don't worry about it. (Braille should be fun not fighting!) At times after the lesson is over I will let the student practice reading a page or two without the glasses, because this is how they will do it in the reg classroom. Often the child with usable vision <u>will</u> use his/her vision; it is not encouraged but instead of chastising the use of vision I will point out how well they do when they don't try to see it. Most of these students are praised for seeing all day, it is hard not to be the big bad wolf when you focus on discouraging vision. Rather, ask the teacher to praise non-visual techniques, "You did that so fast and you didn't even need to look!"<br />Kristen J. Sims, MEd NCLB<br />Teacher of Blind Students<br /><br /><blockquote style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #5167c6 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"><div style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message -----</div><div style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><b>From:</b> Brandy with Discovery Toys <a href="mailto:branlw@sbcglobal.net"><branlw@sbcglobal.net></a></div><div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><b>To:</b> Professionals in Blindness Education Division List <a href="mailto:pibe-division@nfbnet.org"><pibe-division@nfbnet.org></a></div><div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><b>Cc:</b> </div><div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><b>Date:</b> Sunday, March 8 2009 11:11 AM</div><div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Pibe-division] Is this the way to teach akindergartenerBraille?</div><smarttagtype name="PlaceType" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><smarttagtype name="PlaceName" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><smarttagtype name="place" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><smarttagtype name="PersonName" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><style></style><div><font face="Arial" size="2">Hi, Then no This is not acceptable. Bran</font></div><div>"We all have our time machines. Some take us back, they're called memories. Some take us forward, they're called dreams." <br />Jeremy Irons</div><div> </div><div>Brandy Wojcik<br />Discovery Toys Group Manager and Educational Consultant</div><div> </div><div>Shop online any time!<br /><a href="http://www.playtoachieve.com/">www.playtoachieve.com</a><br />(512) 231-8697</div><div> </div><div>Let me know if I can help with any of the following:<br />* Starting your own Discovery Toys business <br />* Best buy bundles allow you to shop at a discount year round<br />* How you can earn toys for free<br />* Gift baskets for all ages<br />* Gift certificates<br />* Office setups and much more <br /></div><blockquote style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"><div style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </div><div style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><b>From:</b> <a title="carrie.gilmer@gmail.com" href="mailto:carrie.gilmer@gmail.com">Carrie Gilmer</a> </div><div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><b>To:</b> <a title="pibe-division@nfbnet.org" href="mailto:pibe-division@nfbnet.org">'Professionals in Blindness Education Division List'</a> </div><div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, March 07, 2009 11:59 PM</div><div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Pibe-division] Is this the way to teach akindergartenerBraille?</div><div><br /></div><div class="Section1"><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" color="#000080" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Dear Eric, Sally and Brandy,</span></font><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" color="#000080" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">This is not/was not an exercise to learn to mark answers. This was an exercise to learn the alphabet in the first place. He had to find all the B’s, first by touch, then—by LOOKING and marking with a pencil. He is not through even half way of the alphabet yet. I am asking if this early is it typical to learn answer marking and also if it is typical to do it visually—this had not tactile component to the circling.</span></font><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" color="#000080" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></span></font><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" color="#000080" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I understand fully the importance of the ability to mark answers and to do it non-visually.</span></font><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" color="#000080" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></span></font><br /><div><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" color="#000080" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: navy"> </span></font><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" color="#000080" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: navy">Thanks,</span></font><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" color="#000080" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: navy"> </span></font><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" color="#000080" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Carrie Gilmer, President</span></font><font color="#000080"><span style="COLOR: navy"></span></font><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" color="#000080" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">National Organization of Parents of Blind Children</span></font><font color="#000080"><span style="COLOR: navy"></span></font><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" color="#000080" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">A Division of the National Federation of the Blind</span></font><font color="#000080"><span style="COLOR: navy"></span></font><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><place w:st="on" /><placename w:st="on" /><font face="Arial" color="#000080" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">NFB</span></font></placename /><font face="Arial" color="#000080" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> <placename w:st="on" />National</placename /> <placetype w:st="on" />Center</placetype /></span></font></place /><font face="Arial" color="#000080" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">: 410-659-9314</span></font><font color="#000080"><span style="COLOR: navy"></span></font><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" color="#000080" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Home Phone: 763-784-8590</span></font><font color="#000080"><span style="COLOR: navy"></span></font><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" color="#000080" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><a href="mailto:carrie.gilmer@gmail.com">carrie.gilmer@gmail.com</a></span></font><font color="#000080"><span style="COLOR: navy"></span></font><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" color="#000080" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><a href="http://www.nfb.org/nopbc">www.nfb.org/nopbc</a></span></font><br /> <br /><br /><br /> <br /><br /> <br /><br /> <br /><br /> <br /><br /> <br /><br /> <br /><br /> <br /><br /> <br /><br /> <br /></div><div><div class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><hr tabindex="-1" align="center" width="100%" size="2" /></span></font></div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">From:</span></font></b><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> pibe-division-bounces@nfbnet.org [mailto:pibe-division-bounces@nfbnet.org] <b><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">On Behalf Of </span></b>Brandy with Discovery Toys<br /><b><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</span></b> Saturday, March 07, 2009 9:27 PM<br /><b><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</span></b> <personname w:st="on" />Professionals in Blindness Education Division List</personname /><br /><b><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Pibe-division] Is this the way to teach akindergartenerBraille?</span></font><br /> <br /><br /></div><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"></span></font><br /><div><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Hi, When I was little we would put the paper on a fome board and they had us put thumb tacks in the letter that we were supposed to be finding. We also sometimes circled it on one of those boards so we could feel the imprint. It is common for kids who take tests to need the skill of circling. I did this often growing up and then my test would be translated. Hope this helps. Bran</span></font><br /> <br /><br /></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> </span></font><br /><br /> <br /></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> </span></font><br /><br /> <br /></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">"We all have our time machines. Some take us back, they're called memories. Some take us forward, they're called dreams." <br />Jeremy Irons</span></font><br /><br /> <br /></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> </span></font><br /><br /> <br /></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Brandy Wojcik<br />Discovery Toys Group Manager and Educational Consultant</span></font><br /><br /> <br /></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> </span></font><br /><br /> <br /></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Shop online any time!<br /><a href="http://www.playtoachieve.com/">www.playtoachieve.com</a><br />(512) 231-8697</span></font><br /><br /> <br /></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> </span></font><br /><br /> <br /></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Let me know if I can help with any of the following:<br />* Starting your own Discovery Toys business <br />* Best buy bundles allow you to shop at a discount year round<br />* How you can earn toys for free<br />* Gift baskets for all ages<br />* Gift certificates<br />* Office setups and much more </span></font><br /><br /> <br /></div><blockquote style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: medium none; PADDING-LEFT: 4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; MARGIN: 5pt 0in 5pt 3.75pt; BORDER-LEFT: black 1.5pt solid; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">----- Original Message ----- </span></font><br /><br /> <br /></div><div style="font-color: black"><p class="MsoNormal" style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4"><b><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">From:</span></font></b><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> <a title="andysally@comcast.net" href="mailto:andysally@comcast.net">Andy & Sally Thomas</a> </span></font><br /><br /> <br /></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">To:</span></font></b><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> <a title="pibe-division@nfbnet.org" href="mailto:pibe-division@nfbnet.org">Professionals in Blindness Education Division List</a> </span></font><br /><br /> <br /></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Sent:</span></font></b><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> Saturday, March 07, 2009 2:57 PM</span></font><br /><br /> <br /></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Subject:</span></font></b><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> Re: [Pibe-division] Is this the way to teach akindergartenerBraille?</span></font><br /><br /> <br /></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"></span></font><br /><br /> <br /></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">My son has used sticky dots to mark things. When he used a crayon or marker, he wanted to mark things so well he obscured what he was marking and there was no way to move the mark to make a correction. I guess this isn't a problem as much in kindergarten as it is later when kids are more worried about the correct answer.</span></font><br /> <br /><br /></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> </span></font><br /><br /> <br /></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Sally Thomas</span></font><br /> <br /><br /></div><blockquote style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: medium none; PADDING-LEFT: 4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; MARGIN: 5pt 0in 5pt 3.75pt; BORDER-LEFT: black 1.5pt solid; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">----- Original Message ----- </span></font><br /><br /> <br /></div><div style="font-color: black"><p class="MsoNormal" style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4"><b><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">From:</span></font></b><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> <a title="pumpkinracer@gmail.com" href="mailto:pumpkinracer@gmail.com">DrV</a> </span></font><br /><br /> <br /></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">To:</span></font></b><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> <a title="pibe-division@nfbnet.org" href="mailto:pibe-division@nfbnet.org">Professionals in Blindness Education Division List</a> </span></font><br /><br /> <br /></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Sent:</span></font></b><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> Saturday, March 07, 2009 12:46 AM</span></font><br /><br /> <br /></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Subject:</span></font></b><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> Re: [Pibe-division] Is this the way to teach a kindergartenerBraille?</span></font><br /><br /> <br /></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"></span></font><br /><br /> <br /></div><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">A few more thoughts. </span></font><br /><div><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">My 1st grade son Petras (no functional vision) uses a crayon to circle or mark numbers on his math homework & classwork - I think that is perfectly fine & natural.</span></font><br /><br /> <br /></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">My older son (also no functional vision) transitioned to a pen (which he could feel) once it was no longer age appropriate to be using a crayon.</span></font><br /><br /> <br /></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">My wife modifies his Lithuanian Saturday school worksheets & we have Petras similarly find letters or letter combinations with his fingers & then he mark them off with a crayon (which he can feel) - this can all be done tactilely without then looking at the letter; his sighted classmates also circle print letters or letter combos with a crayon or pencil or pen -> Petras is performing a similar task.</span></font><br /><br /> <br /></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">The marking actually seems reasonable to me & has functional utility for a child to independently complete homework & classwork.</span></font><br /><br /> <br /></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">I am interested in hearing about alternatives.</span></font><br /><br /> <br /></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">I am less enthusiastic about connecting the lines - this seems less functional. Seems to me the objective would help decide how appropriate that is.</span></font><br /><br /> <br /></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">As to the point avoiding feeling for the braille, Petras could write his letters in English & Lithuanian long before he could recognize the dot combinations. For the longest time he was not particularly interested in feeling the specifics of what he actually wrote. It was really just a little after he turned 7 that he really began to try to more intently figure out what each dot combo represented. He has made wonderful progress this year. My eldest son know all the letters tactilely by 2 1/2. Every kid is a little different.</span></font><br /><br /> <br /></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Best wishes,</span></font><br /><br /> <br /></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Eric V </span></font><br /><br /> <br /></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"></span></font><br /><br /> <br /></div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"></span></font><br /><div><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 2:49 PM, Carrie Gilmer <<a href="mailto:carrie.gilmer@gmail.com">carrie.gilmer@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span></font><br /><div link="blue" vlink="purple"><div><div><font face="Arial" color="#000080" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">All lines were directed to be drawn and circled by the student. Picture of it taken by mother is attached.</span></font><br /> <br /><br /></div><font face="Arial" color="#000080" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Six years old, albinism, 20/160-200 measured with correction. Please everyone comment.</span></font><br /> <br /><br /><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> </span></font><br /><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> </span></font><br /><font face="Arial" color="#000080" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Carrie Gilmer, President</span></font><br /> <br /><br /><font face="Arial" color="#000080" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">National Organization of Parents of Blind Children</span></font><br /> <br /><br /><font face="Arial" color="#000080" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">A Division of the National Federation of the Blind</span></font><br /> <br /><br /><place w:st="on" /><placename w:st="on" /><font face="Arial" color="#000080" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">NFB</span></font></placename /><font face="Arial" color="#000080" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> <placename w:st="on" />National</placename /> <placetype w:st="on" />Center</placetype /></span></font></place /><font face="Arial" color="#000080" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">: 410-659-9314</span></font><br /> <br /><br /><font face="Arial" color="#000080" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Home Phone: 763-784-8590</span></font><br /> <br /><br /><font face="Arial" color="#000080" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><a href="mailto:carrie.gilmer@gmail.com" target="_blank">carrie.gilmer@gmail.com</a></span></font><br /> <br /><br /><font face="Arial" color="#000080" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><a href="http://www.nfb.org/nopbc" target="_blank">www.nfb.org/nopbc</a></span></font><br /> <br /><br /><br /> <br /><br /> <br /></div><div><div class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><hr align="center" width="100%" size="2" /></span></font></div></div><table class="MsoNormalTable" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-TOP: 0in" valign="top"><div><table class="MsoNormalTable" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-TOP: 0in" valign="top"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> </span></font><br /><table class="MsoNormalTable" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-TOP: 0in" valign="top"><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> </span></font><br /><br /> <br /></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> </span></font><br /><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> </span></font><br /><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> </span></font><br /><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> </span></font><br /><br /> <br /><br /> <br /><br /> <br /><br /> <br /></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">I'm attaching a Braille sheet that came home today. I get these many times a week. Is it strange that Brian is instructed to circle and draw lines? It appears that he is being directed to approach Braille visually. </span></font><br /><br /> <br /></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> </span></font><br /><br /> <br /></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Please tell me if this is normal or acceptable for teaching a low-vision child Braille. Please tell me if this is so far out of the norm that I should be very concerned. </span></font><br /><br /> <br /></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> </span></font><br /><br /> <br /></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Thank you!</span></font><br /><br /> <br /></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">:) Carolynn</span></font><br /><br /> <br /></div></td></tr></tbody></table><blockquote style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: medium none; MARGIN-TOP: 5pt; PADDING-LEFT: 4pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 5pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; MARGIN-LEFT: 3.75pt; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 1.5pt solid; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none"><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> </span></font><br /><br /> <br /></div></blockquote><br /> <br /></td></tr></tbody></table></div><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"></span></font><br /><br /> <br /></td></tr></tbody></table><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> </span></font><br /><br /> <br /></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><br />_______________________________________________<br />Pibe-division mailing list<br /><a href="mailto:Pibe-division@nfbnet.org">Pibe-division@nfbnet.org</a><br /><a href="http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/pibe-division_nfbnet.org" target="_blank">http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/pibe-division_nfbnet.org</a><br />To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for Pibe-division:<br /><a href="http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/pibe-division_nfbnet.org/pumpkinracer@gmail.com" target="_blank">http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/pibe-division_nfbnet.org/pumpkinracer%40gmail.com</a></span></font><br /><br /> <br /><br /> <br /></div><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"></span></font><br /><br /> <br /><br /> <br /></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><hr align="center" width="100%" size="2" /></span></font></div><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">_______________________________________________<br />Pibe-division mailing list<br />Pibe-division@nfbnet.org<br />http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/pibe-division_nfbnet.org<br />To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for Pibe-division:<br />http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/pibe-division_nfbnet.org/andysally%40comcast.net </span></font><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><hr align="center" width="100%" size="2" /></span></font></div><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><br />No virus found in this incoming message.<br />Checked by AVG - www.avg.com <br />Version: 8.0.237 / Virus Database: 270.11.8/1987 - Release Date: 03/06/09 07:20:00</span></font><br /><br /> <br /><br /> <br /><br /> <br /></blockquote><div class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><hr align="center" width="100%" size="2" /></span></font></div><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">_______________________________________________<br />Pibe-division mailing list<br />Pibe-division@nfbnet.org<br />http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/pibe-division_nfbnet.org<br />To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for Pibe-division:<br />http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/pibe-division_nfbnet.org/branlw%40sbcglobal.net</span></font><br /><br /> <br /></blockquote><br /> <br /><br /> <br /><br /> <br /><br /> <br /><br /> <br /><br /> <br /></div> <br /><hr /> <br />_______________________________________________<br />Pibe-division mailing list<br />Pibe-division@nfbnet.org<br />http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/pibe-division_nfbnet.org<br />To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for Pibe-division:<br />http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/pibe-division_nfbnet.org/branlw%40sbcglobal.net</blockquote>_______________________________________________<br />Pibe-division mailing list<br />Pibe-division@nfbnet.org<br />http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/pibe-division_nfbnet.org<br />To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for Pibe-division:<br />http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/pibe-division_nfbnet.org/ksims%40opsb.net<br /></blockquote>
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