[blparent] Re-Introducing Myself

[Eva Adams]

Hi Colleen,

My name is Eva, and I have a daughter that just turned two in August. The 
way that I have done letters and numbers with her is expose her to a lot of 
different books, toys, and dvds that deal with this kind of stuff. I have 
bought some Braille books from seedlings that I read to her. She also has 
print books that have the alphabet and numbers in them. A few toys that I 
have bought for her is a kids laptop from leapfrog. It cost $30, but I am 
not sure of its actual title. I can find out this weekend when I see my mom 
though. LeapFrog had a computer for $20, but I got the more expensive one 
because it talks. Not every single thing is accessible on it, but there is 
enough speech that I have been able to show my daughter a few things that 
she was having trouble figuring out. Another toy is called alphabet town. I 
think this was bought from Target. I am not sure who makes it, but again I 
can find out this weekend. The last thing is an activity table. I know 
LeapFrom makes one, but I don't know anything about it. I just found one at 
a garage sell for like $5. The dvds I have are made by preschool prep inc. I 
know they have a web site but will have to look it up. They have 7 dvds, 
letters, numbers, shapes, colors, and 3 that deal with sight words. I don't 
think my daughter is ready for the sight words, but it was bought for her as 
a present. She does like watching it though, and repeats the words as they 
are being said. Also with colors I point out the color of different things 
that I know, like her clothes and toys. For numbers I also count a lot of 
things to her, like if we are going up and down stairs I count them out 
loud. If I am giving her some cookies or crackers I count them as I hand 
them to her. I hope some of this helps. Let me know if you want more 
information on any of the things I mentioned. I will be seeing some family 
this weekend, so I can ask them for brand names and such. I have been 
meaning to get my daughter some of the squeaky shoes. I haven't heard of 
this company, so I am going to look at what styales and things they have.

Eva
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Colleen Kozubowski" <colleenkoz at yahoo.com>
To: <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2009 11:17 AM
Subject: [blparent] Re-Introducing Myself


Hi Everyone,

My name is Colleen and I'm a blind mom from Chicago. I was on this list 
awhile back when I was pregnant and trying to plan. Then I fell off for 
awhile. Now I hope to be back to stay. My daughter Claire is 18 months old 
and her vision is normal, as is my husband's. My blindness is caused by LCA.

I hope to get advice from parents whose kids are older than mine and I'm 
happy to offer 18 months worth of advice to those of you with babies. One 
recommendation I definitely wanted to put out there is a company called Itzy 
Bitzy. For those of you who have not heard of them, this is a company which 
sells squeaky shoes for children.

These shoes have been a godsend for me since my daughter started walking. 
They have little squeakers built into the heels that sound like dog toys. 
They are a fantastic tracking device for busy toddlers. Claire has three 
pairs and she wears them all the time. It's a perfect way for me to know 
where she is and what she's up to at all times. Plus the shoes are really 
cute - my husband has described them to me and people always comment on how 
adorable they are.

The company was started by a woman who has a special needs child, so part of 
the proceeds from the shoes go to help several foundations for children. You 
can see the whole selection of shoes at www.itzybitzy.com.

I do have a question for the list. My daughter is getting to the point where 
I need to start teaching her basic recognizable things. Letters, numbers, 
animals, colors, shapes, etc. But I'm not sure how to do it. All of these 
appear in her children's books, but those are pretty inaccessible to me. Any 
suggestions?

Best,
Colleen




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