[blindkid] For the love of reading..

Carrie Gilmer carrie.gilmer at gmail.com
Tue Mar 19 10:28:49 UTC 2013


What a great memory Bonnie, thanks for sharing it. :) Carrie

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On Mar 19, 2013, at 12:26 AM, "Bonnie Lucas" <lucas.bonnie at gmail.com> wrote:

> Very cool, Carrie. I think there is hardly anything funner than reading
> Braille to little kids. I remember reading to some Kindergarteners once and
> a little boy sitting on the front row, (they were all on the floor), started
> getting very excited. He exclaimed, "she isn't looking at the book, how can
> she read?" I realized that he couldn't imagine how I could read with my
> fingers and be looking and smiling at all of them while reading. I stopped
> reading and showed him the Braille that I was reading with my fingers. Very
> fun times!
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Carrie Gilmer [mailto:carrie.gilmer at gmail.com] 
> Sent: Monday, March 18, 2013 5:06 AM
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> Subject: [blindkid] For the love of reading..
> 
> http://www.startribune.com/lifestyle/relationship/198543281.html
> 
> Nice article on literacy and braille and reading...and my son. :) braille
> readers can teach sighted children to read. Smile.
> Hope someone could share with Noreen Grice. So happy with this reporter!
> Turned out well!
> Carrie
> 
> Sent from my iPad
> 
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