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
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
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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. Yes, that particular book is very heavy, > but it was already on > the floor, so Andrew could move it easier > > Kasondra Payne > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.362 / Virus Database: 267.13.4/175 - > Release Date: 11/18/2005 > > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to > bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject > line. To get a list of available commands, put the > word 'help' by itself in the subject line. > >
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