[blparent] Re-Introducing Myself

[Elizabeth Cooks]

The others are from Leap Frog.  There is an entire set you can fine at 
amazon.com.  It starts with the Letter Factory, word factory, and so on.  My 
daughter loves them.  with the letter factory, your daughter will learn the 
letters and their sounds.  All taught by talking frogs and Professor 
quiggly.  Lol.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Eva Adams" <eadams15 at gmail.com>
To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2009 2:52 PM
Subject: Re: [blparent] Re-Introducing Myself


> 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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