[blindkid] uld bRe: slate and stylus

[Penny Duffy]

Thank you Amber.. The NFB store is full of too many goodies.

On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 9:53 PM, Amber Hall <ahall238 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> There is a book called "The Slate Book"  you could buy to help you teach
> her .
> You can buy it at the Independnce Market. The NFB store.  go to :
> secure.nfb.org/ecommerce  and go to the catagory BOOKS. Click on
> BOOKS-BRAILLE
> and it is number 7.
>
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> From: T. J. <tjmaries at yahoo.com>
> To: "NFBnet Blind Kid Mailing List, (for parents of blind children)"
> <blindkid at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Fri, May 13, 2011 9:43:40 PM
> Subject: [blindkid] uld bRe: slate and stylus
>
> Penny, yes you are correct. An "a" would be a (dot 1) would be a 4, as it
> would
> be written on a slate as you write from right to left then turn the page
> over to
>
> read.
>
> T. J.
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Penny Duffy <pennyduffy at gmail.com>
> To: "NFBnet Blind Kid Mailing List, (for parents of blind children)"
> <blindkid at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Fri, May 13, 2011 6:36:15 PM
> Subject: [blindkid] slate and stylus
>
> I think i have decided I want to teach Abby how to use a slate and
> stylus.(now mind you I am clueless) I want to give her another tool she can
> decide if its something she wants to use or not.  I have heard from a few
> people that they hate/hated using it. She loves writing.  She writes little
> notes, stories. books, She prefers to write in braille now since she can't
> see what she writes in print.  Encouraging her to write helps her become a
> better reader.
>
> I have spoken to her TVI about it and she is more then willing to teach her
> it but I dont' want to take away from what she is learning right now.
> I thought she would get confused with it being 'backwards' but I was just
> speaking to her about it and she got it in less then a minute.  (at least I
> think she was understanding it we have never seen a slate and stylus.)  She
> said so an A would be a 4 instead of a 1.  (right? LOL or am
> i completely confused? )
>
> Is there some kind of resource that can help with this?  She may like using
> it she may not like using it but it seems like something that should be
> introduced.  I can actually think of quite a few time it would be a better
> tool then a brailler.
>
> Whats a good slate and stylus to get?
>
> In case you are aware. Abby didn't start braille till November so much of
> this is new to us.(she didn't' suffer her vision loss till last summer)  I
> enjoyed helping her learn her letters (she moved on mommy needs to catch
> up)
> I think it would be fun to be part of introducing something to her.
>
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> --Penny
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