[blindkid] Learning to Read..

[Carol Castellano]

Happy dorks, wealthy readers--sounds like a winning combination to 
me!!!  I loved your message!
Carol

At 01:48 AM 6/27/2011, you wrote:
>Thank you Richard and Debbie..
>
>I feel a little dorky being so happy.  Its been a very hard year.  She has
>worked so hard at time and then other times fought the process so hard.  Its
>really funny how motivated she is with cash.
>
>-Penny
>
>On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 12:58 AM, Richard Holloway <rholloway at gopbc.org>wrote:
>
> > I think a lot of the people who aren't too enthusiastic about braille for
> > the blind are people who have never seen blind kids (or adults) reading
> > braille. I have never known a child, sighted or blind, who enjoys reading
> > more than my daughter and based on what I'm reading here today, I suspect
> > there are several more kids of parents on this list who fall into that same
> > level of appreciation and excitement where braille reading is concerned.
> > What a shame that it takes so much effort to get some people on d with
> > encouraging and supporting braille for our children.
> >
> > Bonnie, super to hear about Aubrie as well. Congratulations to her and
> > anyone else I have yet to hear about with the contest; how exciting!
> >
> >
> > On Jun 26, 2011, at 10:52 PM, Penny Duffy wrote:
> >
> > > My daughter Abby and I had a great day of reading today.    She has
> > entered
> > > a stage where she is giving me less resistance in reading.  Then again It
> > > could be the .25 a book I promised her  (she was up to three books today)
> > > She is trying to earn money for convention.  I have just really seen her
> > > start to really get better.  I really hope with a lot of practice this
> > > summer she will be at a second grade reading level when she starts
> > school.
> > > Which would be pretty good considering she was just introduced to braille
> > > in November.
> > >
> > > What a strange wonderful trip its  been this year. I can't imagine anyone
> > > who thinks braille is obsolete  would feel that way watching Abby read
> > > tonight. She was just another 7 year old reading a book with her mother.
> > > --Penny
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> > > Adventures with Abby - visionfora.blogspot.com
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>--
>--Penny
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