[blparent] A thought about audio books and child locators

[Veronica Smith]

Oh, I love the wistle trick.  I will have to enforce iton park day.
Sometimes we'll be (the parents) be talking while the kids are at the
playground and we call and call them and they just don't hear us.  But I bet
if we use that whistle, well the whole neighborhood will hear. 
I also used bells, but they were pinned to the back of Gab's shirt.  I put
them on her shoes, but they seemed to get lost.  I'm still not sure how she
took them off.  But when they were pinned to the back of her shirt, she
couldn't reach them.  She too was a talker, and still is, so the bells were
short lived.V

-----Original Message-----
From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Karla Hudson
Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2009 4:03 PM
To: blparent at nfbnet.org
Subject: [blparent] A thought about audio books and child locators

Hi Group, 

I am a little confused about audio books for kids unless your child is
reading along with a print book.  I would think you would want them to have
as much contact with printed books as possible.  The only time I have audio
books for my kids is when the book comes with a CD that allows the child to
read with the print book and turn pages with the beep tone.  I do not want
to impose on my children all the audio that has been forced on me.  Of
course, I understand that audio can result in some great comprehension.
However, I believe my kids benefit more from my reading a print/Braille book
to them rather than listening to a text without any materials to view.  

As far as child locators.  Well, we bought one and never used the device.  I
have always found bells to be more useful on the shoes.  My son is four and
still wears his bells as he is a quiet kid.  My daughter had her bells
removed at 3 as she talks all the time.  

Another technique I used at the playground is my whistle.  I have one on my
keys and use it to let the kids know they need to come to me.  If I have to
blow it more than three times and nobody responds we go home.  

Just a few thoughts.  The bells seem to be a better solution because even
when my children are sitting in a group activity I could often just hear
their bell tinkle a bit when they moved just a little.  This gave me the
ability to locate them easily. 

Karla     


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