By "flash passes," I suppose you mean cards that are scanned.   Yeah we use
those at work to get into the building.  Unfortunately our local bus system
is too small and doesn't have enough riders to pay for such a system.  Pity,
as I'm sure it'd save a lot of money in the long run.

Kat

On Thursday 27 January 2005 10:59 am, Trisha Cummings wrote:
> Hi Wanda,
>
>   This may not help now - but once my daughter got older I acquired a
> debit/credit card for her - its debit card with a Visa Logo on it and it
> works as either and is attached to her checking/savings aacount. My bank
> doesn't charge me for using it either way. As far as subway and bus fare
> goes - I buy the flash passes for her.
>
>                             Trisha
>
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> Subject: Working with Money
>
>
> Hey everyone,
>
> I need some help and advice from those of you who have fine motor limits.
> How do you handle picking up coins (or bills, for that matter, but
> especially coins) to pay for something or get change?
>
> My Ryan is learning second grade money math, which includes knowing the
> least amount of coins to use to buy something and how much change you will
> receive. He can work this out like a whiz kid on worksheets and using his
> Dynavox. However, he has much trouble when it comes to doing it with actual
> money. Typically, many children have trouble with that skill.  As you all
> know, it gets even harder when your hands and fingers don't work the way
> you want them to work!
>
> Does anyone have any advice to help me accomodate the fine motor portion?
>
> Thanks so much,
> Wanda