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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>try <A
href="http://www.tsbvi.edu">www.tsbvi.edu</A> they have some great info.
Bran</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Brandy Wojcik<BR>Discovery Toys Educational
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, February 16, 2010 3:01
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Pibe-division] Questions about
Braille instruction</DIV>
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<DIV><BR>Hello,</DIV>
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<DIV>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? <BR></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif"
color=#0000bf><EM><STRONG>Jackie Anderson</STRONG></EM></FONT></DIV>
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color=#c00000><EM><STRONG></STRONG></EM></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif"
color=#c00000><EM><STRONG>A long journey begins with one
step</STRONG></EM></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif"
color=#c00000><EM><STRONG>There is a literacy crisis in
America.</STRONG></EM></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif"
color=#c00000><EM><STRONG>Only 10% of children who are blind are
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color=#c00000><EM><STRONG>taught to read
Braille. </STRONG></EM></FONT> </DIV>
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[Pibe-division] 40 New Books from Seedlings Braille
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here<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<BR>Seedlings
Braille Books for Children<BR>Announces: 40 New Low-cost Braille Books
Now Available!<BR>February
2010<BR>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>Seedlings'
2010 Catalog Update is
ready!<BR>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<BR>We are
very excited to announce that our 2010 <BR>Catalog Update will be in
the mail to you very <BR>soon, but you don't have to wait. The new
books <BR>are already listed on our website and are ready to be
ordered!<BR><BR>New Print-Braille-&-Picture Books in Uncontracted
Braille:<BR> Baby's Very First Touchy-Feely
Book<BR> Clifford's Bedtime<BR> Let's
Eat--Vamos A Comer (in English & Spanish)<BR> Little
Quack Loves Colors<BR><BR>New Print-Braille-&-Picture Books in
Contracted Braille:<BR> First Picture Nursery
Rhymes<BR> Mama's Right Here<BR><BR>New Print-and-Braille
Easy-Readers (no pictures):<BR> Caps for Sale (in
uncontracted braille)<BR> Barack Obama: Out of Many, One
(in contracted braille)<BR><BR><BR><BR> New Braille Fiction in
Contracted Braille<BR> (no print or
pictures):<BR><BR><BR> Allie Finkle's Rules for Girls
Book One: Moving Day<BR> American Girls: Happy Birthday,
Molly!<BR> American Girls: Happy Birthday,
Samantha!<BR> American Girls: Julie Tells Her
Story<BR> American Girls: Thanks to Nicki<BR>
Animal Rescue: Charlie the Home-Alone Kitten<BR>
The Blind Outlaw<BR> Boxcar Children #25: The Amusement
Park Mystery<BR> Boxcar Children #37: The Mystery of the
Lost Village<BR> The Breadwinner--An Afghan Child in a
War Torn Land<BR> Charlie Bone and the Invisible
Boy<BR> Dear America: When Will This Cruel War Be
Over?<BR> The Egyptian Box<BR> Goosebumps
Horrorland #1: Revenge of the Living Dummy<BR> Hardy Boys
#59: Night of the Werewolf<BR> Igraine the
Brave<BR> The Jungle Book<BR> Junie B. Jones
Is a Party Animal (#10)<BR> Junie B., First Grader: Boss
of Lunch (#19)<BR> Junie B., First Grader: Cheater Pants
(#21)<BR> Lady Grace Mysteries: Conspiracy<BR>
Magic Tree House #9: Dolphins at Daybreak<BR>
Magic Tree House #37: Dragon of the Red Dawn<BR> Nancy
Drew and the Clue Crew: The Zoo Crew<BR> Robinson Crusoe
(Junior Classics edition)<BR> A Swiftly Tilting
Planet<BR> Three Stories from Winnie-the-Pooh<BR>
Wayside School Is Falling Down<BR> The
Window<BR><BR>New Braille Poetry in Contracted Braille (no print or
pictures):<BR> Where the Sidewalk Ends<BR><BR>New Braille
Nonfiction in Contracted Braille (no print or pictures):<BR>
First Kids: The True Stories of All the Presidents'
Children<BR> Growl! A Book about Bears<BR><BR>You don't
have to wait for your flyer to arrive. <BR>Check out our 1,000+
braille books right now on <BR>our accessible website: Seedlings'
Online Catalog<BR><BR>For a list of the new books with authors and
<BR>prices, see the What's New section.<BR><BR>To download a textfile
version of Seedlings' <BR>Catalog with the new books added, please
click <BR>this link: Seedlings' Catalog--Textfile
Version<BR><BR>Seedlings' books are always "on sale": we sell <BR>them
for only a fraction of what it costs to make <BR>them, and our prices
have not been raised in 25 years!<BR><BR>"The road to knowledge begins
with the turn of the page."<BR>Order some books
today!<BR>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<BR><BR><BR><BR>2010
Book Angel Program ... Register
Now!<BR>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<BR><BR>Seedlings'
Book Angel Program is open to <BR>visually-impaired children who live
in the US, <BR>and through this program each child can receive 2
<BR>free Seedlings' books (you list 4 books from our <BR>catalog and
we will send 2 of them.)<BR><BR>To register, just fill out the form on
page 52 of <BR>the 2010 catalog, or better yet, fill it out <BR>online
right now by clicking here: Seedlings' Book Angel
Program<BR>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<BR><BR><BR><BR>An
Easy Way To Help ... Use GoodSearch &
GoodShop<BR>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<BR>Seedlings
Braille Books for Children is a 501(c)3 <BR>nonprofit organization
dedicated to increasing <BR>the opportunity for literacy by providing
<BR>high-quality, low-cost children's literature in <BR>braille. The
services we provide are completely <BR>dependent upon the generosity
of our supporters.<BR><BR>You can help in a very simple way: you
can earn <BR>money for Seedlings every time you search the
<BR>internet or shop online! Just go to <BR>www.goodsearch.com and
type "Seedlings" in the <BR>"Who do you GoodSearch for?" box. Be sure
to <BR>bookmark the page and use it for all your searches and online
shopping.<BR><BR>If you go through GoodSearch to your favorite
<BR>online stores (there are over 1,000 stores ... <BR>everything from
Amazon to Walgreen's), a <BR>percentage of your total will be donated
to <BR>Seedlings by the vendor! It doesn't cost you <BR>anything
extra and the dollars donated to Seedlings add up quickly!<BR><BR>As
always, we deeply appreciate all of your help <BR>and support! We
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