Kaitlyn, I am amazed and impressed that you have the patience to go through all the mail that must have accumulated while you were away from us. I wouldn't; I'd delete everything and wondeer what I'd missed. smile CIndy --- Kaitlyn Hill <Kaitlyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Back when I was learning I had learned all my > letters and began the learning > of spelling before I lost my sight at the age of 7. > Even though I can > visualize words in print still when I think of a > word it is in the Braille > letters including the contractions. The one thing > that helped me with my > spelling was getting on a computer. After 15 years > at a keyboard my spelling > is great it is mostly typos where the errors come > in. I also have a bad > habit of leaving words out when typing or adding and > leaving off S's on > words. > > Katie Hill > The Reconnection & reiki Healing > Get yur personalized numerology chart > Kaitlyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jill O'Connell [mailto:jillocon@xxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Saturday, November 19, 2005 11:48 AM > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: OT: Learning braille > > I couldn't agree with you more on this issue and it > is amazing to me how > many educators disregard the fact of literacy and > start teaching > contractions immediately. I think it goes back to > teaching whole word > recognition that was so popular for sighted students > years ago until it was > discovered that phonics were extremely important in > being able to spell. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Julie Morales" <mercy421@xxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Saturday, November 19, 2005 9:03 AM > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] OT: Learning braille > > > > Hi, Cindy. Actually, there is a grade 2 braille, a > contracted form, maybe > > what you might call shorthand, but most, if not > all, people start out with > > grade 1, which is everything spelled out, as it > would be in print. > > Sometimes, kids have problems with spelling if > they're not taught to spell > > things out letter by letter but with the grade 2, > because they don't see > > all > > the letters so never learn how things are really > spelled out. My husband > > has > > problems with that, so teaching kids to read can > sometimes be twofold. > > They > > need to learn how to read both grade 1 and grade > 2, but when they're > > learning their spelling, I think it's important > that they focus on > > spelling > > out the words and not just learning the > contractions. Take care. > > Julie Morales > > To be in your children's memories tomorrow, you > need to be in their lives > > today. -- Unknown > > mercy421@xxxxxxxxxxx > > Windows/MSN Messenger (but not email): > > mercy0421@xxxxxxxxxxx > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx> > > To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Sent: Friday, November 18, 2005 10:22 PM > > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: OT: heavy books > > > > > > Thanks for the info, Gail. > > > > I'm wondering--if a bright sighted child who has > the > > inclination and desire can be reading by age 3 (as > > mine were, just from my reading to them and their > > following along, and some books that had certain > words > > in the story that the child could read when the > parent > > story-teller cme to it--and Sesame Street and > Electric > > Company), and if young chldren who are brought up > with > > another language in addition to English is in the > > house can be bilingual at a very young age, by > > couldn't a child as bright as Kasondra's Andrew > seems > > to be, who seems to want to read, also learn > braille > > at a young age? I think Kasondra is right to start > to > > teach him when he's three. One can make a game of > it. > > > > Speaking of which--I remembered when I was young > how I > > enjoyed playing with alphabet blocks, and I bought > > them when my children were very young and played > with > > them with them and made simple words which they > read. > > But I've never seen Braille blocks. I gather from > > posts here that one doesn't learn Braille letter > by > > letter but that there is a short of short-hand. > Maybe > > one of you could invent and create a graduated set > of > > Braille blocks for kids. The first set would be > the > > simplest words that they need to learn, and they > can > > play at making sentences (Pat the dog; the dog ate > his > > food). A more advanced set could be whatever the > next > > phase is. And I won't even take a cut of the > profits > > for my idea (lol). > > > > Cindy > > > > --- "Gail The U. S. Male" <gail1959@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > wrote: > > > >> Cindy, indeed, some forms of blindness are > >> hereditary. Most totally blind > >> kids start learning Braille in either > Kindergarten > >> or first grade. The child > >> could be taught at a younger age, I suppose, but > >> most kids aren't. > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >> [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On > >> Behalf Of Cindy > >> Sent: Friday, November 18, 2005 6:16 PM > >> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: OT: heavy books > >> > >> > >> That's a cute story, Kasondra. How old does a > child > >> have to be before he can start learning to read > in > >> Braille? Are you and/or your husband bind? Are > some > >> forms of blindness hereditary? Forgive me if I'm > >> being > >> too personal. > >> > >> Cindy > >> > >> --- Kasondra Payne <Kassyp36@xxxxxxx> wrote: > >> > >> > Cindy, > >> > > >> > I just walked in my bedroom to answer the > phone, > >> and > >> > I found my two-year-old > >> > son, Andrew on the floor, trying to read a > Harry > >> > Potter book. My husband > >> > always keeps one on his side of the bed, and > >> Andrew > >> > just took off the cover, > >> > opened the book, and started turning pages. It > >> was > >> > so cute that I just > >> > thought I should share it with all you guys. > >> Andrew > >> > will read Braille > >> > someday because he is blind, but at least he > shows > >> a > >> > healthy interest in > >> > books now. 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