[bksvol-discuss] OT: children and learning
- From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2005 21:30:11 -0800 (PST)
Y&es, it does depend on the child and the child's
interest--and, as you point out, the parent's
interest. I didn't push the children but made a game
of identifying letters when they were young, which
they were happy to play. When we went for a wlak or
drive and I saw a large letter on a sign, or on a
store sign, I'd ask what it was and they gleefully
told me. But a friend's child the same age who was
walking with us one day had no interest in such a
game. Children will learn at their own speed if they
want to. Some can learn faster than others, and I also
found out that some things are developmental, e.g., it
takes longer for a child do create a slanting line, in
order to make the capital letter w or v, than to make
a straight line, e. g. for an capital H. I also found
out, a grade later, that even if a child can count by
fives, telling time takesmore development. I learned a
lot of things about children's development watching
what my kids, and other kids when I volunteered in the
classroom, could learn and when.
Cindy
--- "Gail The U. S. Male" <gail1959@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> Andrew could certainly start learning Braille at age
> three, as long as
> Cassandra teaches him. My kids are both sighted, and
> didn't want to learn to
> read, not being interested, but looking at the
> pictures. We both read to
> them, but their interest was television. Part of
> that was their Mom had TV
> going 24 hours a day, and didn't take that much of
> an interest in
> interacting with the kids. I did what I could, but
> was constantly
> undermined, so, not much was gained.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On
> Behalf Of Cindy
> Sent: Friday, November 18, 2005 8:23 PM
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 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
> > >
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