[blindkid] ideas for increasing braille reading speed

[Carrie Gilmer]

Golden oldies but goodies-smile.
Also it helped enormously for my son to have the book on tape (now digital
or cd) and read the hardcopy Braille trying to keep up with the tape. He did
not know what fluency "felt like" in light touch or cadence--this is close
to Carol's #1 and hers is a good way to check how your child is doing and
makes it a fun partnership, but this with tape can provide more opportunity
when an adult can't be there. I would also have my son make it like a "race"
to keep up--NOT WORRYING at first about getting every word, but seeing how
many he could recognize that fast. It was THE thing that broke him of bad
habits of repeating phrases and words and scrubbing.

Also in this (March 2009) Braille Monitor is an excellent article again by
Jerry Whittle--and names again from him reading speeds he has documented
over the decades he has taught.

 
 
Carrie Gilmer, President
National Organization of Parents of Blind Children
A Division of the National Federation of the Blind
NFB National Center: 410-659-9314
Home Phone: 763-784-8590
carrie.gilmer at gmail.com
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-----Original Message-----
From: blindkid-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindkid-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Carol Castellano
Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2009 6:40 PM
To: blindkid at nfbnet.org
Subject: [blindkid] ideas for increasing braille reading speed

Hi Guys,
These ideas are from an article I wrote long ago.
Carol

Some Activities for Speedier Reading
    * Have the child follow along as you read aloud and then stop 
reading; child must pick up reading aloud where you dropped off.
    * You read aloud at a normal pace; the child skims along and 
follows your reading by paying attention to the beginnings and 
endings of sentences and end punctuation.
    * Child reads easy or familiar material and practices going fast 
(encourage "lots of fingers on the Braille").
    * Demonstrate an appropriate reading speed by gently moving the 
child's hands across the lines of Braille; have an adult blind friend 
demonstrate good reading technique to your child.
    * Practice fast page-turning exercises and activities which can 
help develop good reading habits and faster reading.
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