[blindkid] Suggestions for utensil use and verbal descriptions

[Marie]

Thank you Brandy. That does help a lot!
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From: "Brandy W" <branlw at sbcglobal.net>
Date: Sun, 6 Jun 2010 13:55:05 
To: <empwrn at bellsouth.net>; NFBnet Blind Kid Mailing List,\(for parents of blind children\)<blindkid at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [blindkid] Suggestions for utensil use and verbal descriptions

A good thing to think about is will he understand this if I don't tell him? 
Does he already know what is going on? Will me not describing this in the 
future effecct him? For example in the carr you may want to tell him that he 
hears a fire truck passing, or the trees are very green with large flowers, 
but the rest of the time may be spent having normal pre-school conversation. 
In the house ask him "What is mommy doing?" If he doesn't know then tell. It 
is hard ballence, but you can do it.

I know as a child myself, and the children I take care of they do well with 
todlar spoons and forks longer than typical. Or the fun ones that are child 
sized but not todlar sized. We have got a lot of them fron disney. Even my 5 
year old nice with no disibilities prefers kid sized stuff even if it isn't 
her favorite princess.

Hope this helps some.

Bran

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Marie" <empwrn at bellsouth.net>
To: "Blindkid email" <blindkid at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, June 06, 2010 11:45 AM
Subject: [blindkid] Suggestions for utensil use and verbal descriptions


> Hey guys,
> I could use tips for teaching utensil usage (see blog post below).
> Also, I have only recently realized (I'm slow sometimes) that we need to 
> do A LOT more verbal describing for Jack in EVERYTHING (outdoors, indoors, 
> reading books, etc.) BUT I'm worried about overwhelming him with too much 
> language. He is also a late talker and his language has greatly improved 
> since we stopped having verbal diarrhea and giving him time to talk a 
> little. Any tips?
> Marie
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Marie <empwrn at bellsouth.net>
> Date: Sun, 6 Jun 2010 09:31:35
> To: <empwrn at bellsouth.net>
> Subject: [All Access Pass to Jack] Even Breakfast is Therapy
>
> Jack is great with independently feeding himself finger foods. Utensil
> use, however, has been a challenge with the exception of his morning
> oatmeal. At least part of it has to do with his fine motor
> challenges--small hands with fingers that don't bend.
> However, it also recently occurred to us (DOH!) that it is also a
> visual challenge. Jack has not yet learned to completely accomodate for
> his lack of depth perception. He often does not use his vision in fine
> motor tasks--kind of like his brain decided it was too difficult so it
> took the path of least resistance--and instead feels for things rather
> than looking.
> It occurred to me that he does absolutely fine scooping his oatmeal so
> perhaps we should try making all of his food spoonable and putting it
> into a bowl. This worked pretty well for foods that were okay to get
> mixed up like your meat and veggies. But not so well when things like
> oatmeal and scrambled eggs with cheese, mushrooms, peppers, and onions
> got mixed together. Jack wouldn't eat that. (Who blames him?)
> Enter the divided plate. We have a bunch of these from taking lunches
> to work. They are great because they have high sides for ease of
> scooping and they keep foods seperated.
> So far, so good.
> If you've got any tips for teaching utensil use to a child with fine
> motor issues or a visual impairment or both, I'd love to hear them!
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