[blindkid] Technology and Little Kid

Carol Castellano blindchildren at verizon.net
Thu Feb 18 14:32:01 UTC 2010


Sounds like fun at your house!
Carol

At 09:01 AM 2/18/2010, you wrote:
>    Personally I prefer old fashioned manipulative's.  I have twin three and
>a half year olds.  We use many of the usual toys.  Some things I have
>adapted.  There is a pig by Fisher Price that you put the coins in and it
>gives musical feed back or counting feed back.  I also have found the hooked
>on phonics hand held toys helpful in developing vocabulary with auditory
>feed back.  I find my son likes the cause and effect toys that give some
>type of feed back.  I use the Leap Frog toys.  Whenever possible I add the
>Braille words or letters.  When you are looking to add words or letters,
>make sure there is sufficient room on the game or toy to do so before
>purchasing.  My son has a Perkins Brailler, which at this point he doesn't
>use much, but I do.  He likes a kitchen set that I bought by Little Tykes
>that makes realistic sounds when pots are put on the stove or he can push
>the buttons to the microwave.  He likes the play dishes, fruits and
>vegetable, and especially likes to play with water.  I also like the
>magnetic letters with the Braille letters on them too.  We use these on the
>refrigerator.
>
>     I also use on a daily basis, magic beans.  This is something I have used
>for years.  I use this to teach pincer grasp for later use with fine motor
>skills.  I use a large grated cheese container with one flip up side that
>has hole and the other that opens half way.  We use red kidney beans and put
>them into the hole.  Of course this requires supervision due to the choking
>hazard posed by the beans.  He just loves this.   I don't know why, but he
>does.  We can count as we do this and when we are done we have a shaker we
>can use set to music.  He likes pegs, stacking blocks (I find that he does
>better with the ones that have some way to connect as it provides better
>motivation.  He can stack higher and longer.), and single piece puzzles
>(multiple piece puzzles at this point are confusing) that he can feel and
>find the spot it goes in.
>
>     My son loves music.  We have all types from lively to classic.  For
>riding in the RV, he has a Fisher Price CD player (has anti-skip built in,
>so good in vehicles), for which I purchased Fisher Price Head phones that
>has a safety feature to protect hearing.  No matter how loud the CD player
>is cranked, the head phones will only allow a safe level of sound.  So when
>the others are watching videos traveling, he is listening to music or
>stories.  I blissfully am able to have a conversation with my husband in the
>front.
>
>      Basically any toy that other 4 year olds like is a good thing, but may
>need a little adaptation.  So don't rule out the old fashioned stuff too
>quick.  I am sure there are more things I didn't mention than I did.
>
>      Don't forget books.  Home made ones sometimes are the best.  Books with
>repetitive and rhymes are excellent.
>
>      Hope this helps!
>Blessings,
>Sue H.
>
>
>On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 10:01 PM, David Andrews <dandrews at visi.com> wrote:
>
> > I got asked a question, the other day, and since most of my experience is
> > with blind adults -- I didn't know quite what to say.  A woman said she had
> > a four year old totally blind daughter, and she wanted her to keep up with
> > her peers in technology, so what assistive technology/technology is there
> >  -- should she start using with her child?
> >
> > Dave
> >
> >
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Carol Castellano, President
National Organization of Parents of Blind Children
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