That's a cute story, Lora. Not only that, but now I have an idea of what people mean when they talk about conracted Braille, which I didn't before. It's like learning shorthand. And I'm impressed that you did so well in spelling when you were, essentially, spelling in two different languages. I don't remember seeing your name here before. Welcome. Cindy > > Long about third grade, though, they taught me to > type, and said that I had > to turn in everything typewritten thereafter. The > first assignment I typed > was a contractions assignment for English. > Something about how would you > contract can not using the apostrophe, and other > such words. > > So, I wrote c't for can not, and x's for it's, and > when I had to write a > sentence and used the word always, I wrote alw. > > They had to explain to me why that didn't work, and > I guess I haven't done > it since. I am an excellent speller, and was even > in school. I won a city > wide spelling bee in sixth grade. To be fair, > though, until I left high > school, every book and assignment I ever received > was in Braille, so I never > had to depend on cassette textbooks, which I believe > are a serious problem > for those working on grammar and spelling during the > formative years. > > Just my two cents, > > Lora > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kaitlyn Hill" <Kaitlyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Saturday, December 10, 2005 12:01 PM > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: OT: Learning Braille > > > > 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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