[bksvol-discuss] Re: OT: heavy books

  • From: "Gail The U. S. Male" <gail1959@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2005 09:21:25 -0700

Tiffany, that's a good idea! Textures would work quite well. as you say
Braille would be problematic, depending on how you had the thing rotated,
not only w and r, but other letters could change as well.
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Jessen
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my high school had a tactile rubix cube. The six sides indeed were their
proper colors, but instead of braille for the blind people it had raised
shapes. A lot of people liked it, but it was very very very slow to have to
keep tracing the shapes after you moved something. After I graduated high
school I bought a normal one for like five bucks and then made it tactile on
my own. I'm sure you could use dimo tape on each of the squares, but you
have to remember that the cube is picked up and rotated in all directions,
so putting a w for white and an r for red would be very problematic.  For
non braille users like Cindy I will say that the braille w and r are reverse
of each other, kind of like a lower case d and b. What I ended up using
instead of braille for the colors was totally different textures. I used the
two different sides of velcro for each of two colors, this spongy stuff
you're supposed to make windows more airtight for the third color, sandpaper
for the forth, and so on. I know for some reason a lot of blind people can't
stand sandpaper, but you can use anything for texture. I just went to craft
and hardware stores and asked for anything which already had strong adhesive
on the back. Not only can you identify the textures a lot faster than
tracing the shapes or reading braille, but I can also look at it with all
ten fingers, where as with the shapes or braille I could only deal with two
or three at a time.
Later at university I brought it in for one of my classes for teaching the
blind, and my professor really liked it. In fact she made another to give to
one of her students in the field.
Just an idea.. what ever works.
Tiff

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Sent: Saturday, November 19, 2005 12:06 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: OT: heavy books


> Smile, they are actually already being sold.
>
> check out www.aph.org for all kinds of really cute and neat ways to make
> Braille fun.
>
> Actually.
>
> Is only one site.
>
> I just found a Braille rubrics cube, am so excited, can't figure out the
> logic yet, but am excited that I can try.'
>
> Is called a K Ball and is sold by
>
> www.braillegifts.com
>
> Unfortunately is only brailled and has colors.
>
> But still an awesome toy!
>
> Best Practice says that any and all activities the sighted kids are doing
> the blind student should be doing too, just in a different medium.  So
> reading allowed as the kid follows along, letting the kids explore blocks,
> and find Braille labels in the house, playing Braille games, drawing and
> "scribbling" with Braille.
>
> Now... most parents don't know Braille or how to teach it, and ... there
> aren't usually enough hours in the day for most TVI's to do the in-depth
> training that they do know is needed for a beginning Braille reader...
so...
> that is the state of things.
>
> Anyone want to be a Teacher of the Visually Impaired, and get your tuition
> paid for, smile, visit
> www.wmich.edu
>
> Smile, is a great program can tell you, smile.
>
> Shelley L. Rhodes and Judson, guiding golden
> juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Guide Dogs For the Blind Inc.
> Graduate Advisory Council
> www.guidedogs.com
>
> The vision must be followed by the venture. It is not enough to
> stare up the steps - we must step up the stairs.
>
>       -- Vance Havner
> ----- 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.
> >
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> > Behalf Of Cindy
> > Sent: Friday, November 18, 2005 6:16 PM
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> > 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.  Yes, that particular book is very
> > heavy,
> > > but it was already on
> > > the floor, so Andrew could move it easier
> > >
> > > Kasondra Payne
> > >
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