[blindkid] uld bRe: slate and stylus

[Carol Castellano]

A lot of people recommend saying that when you read, the first column 
or starting side of the braille cell is on the left, and when you 
write on the slate, the first column/starting side is on the 
right.  That way, you can still call the dot for A dot 1.

There is another good resource called Teaching the Braille Slate & 
Stylus by Philip Mangold, available here:
<http://exceptionalteaching.net/sl1.html>http://exceptionalteaching.net/sl1.html 


Carol

At 09:57 PM 5/13/2011, you wrote:
>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.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
> > 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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