[accessibleimage] Re: Early Childhood Pre-Math/Pre-Writing

Hello Chris:

The question you pose is a difficult one. The main problem is that
preschool software is visually oriented and uses a mouse. There are some packages that use the Intellitools system. Check out the following link:

www.intellitools.com/users/professional_development/workshop_themes.htm

Hope this helps.

Regards,

Robert Jaquiss

----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Hofstader" <chris.hofstader@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <accessibleimage@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, September 04, 2006 6:43 AM
Subject: [accessibleimage] Early Childhood Pre-Math/Pre-Writing


Hi,

Other than having watched Sesame Street and Electric Company with my
younger
siblings (those shows started after I had moved on beyond their content,
I'm
more of a Captain Kangaroo, Bozo and Officer Joe Bolton kind of guy) I
have
no knowledge or understanding of early childhood education.  I am,
however,
willing to learn.

We (UF PHHP) are looking to do a project that results in software for
little
blind kids.  Has there been any work that anyone knows about that builds
an
audio and possibly tactile metaphor for teaching counting and the early
set
stuff that little kids do?  What does a blind kid do when his age group
starts scribbling?

I'm really at a loss on this problem so any suggestions or pointers would
be
greatly appreciated.

cdh






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