[blparent] toddler development question

[Dena Wainwright]

the other thing is that those age ranges on the toys are just estimates, and 
they can often be meaningless. obviously, if it has small parts, or poses 
some other safety risk, then the ranges should be more strictly followed, 
but sometimes they make no sense to me. sometimes, I find that the age at 
the bottom of the estimated range is way too low, and it takes months past 
the age on the box for Elise to want to interact with a toy. other times, I 
have gotten her something, even though it says that she shouldn't want to 
play with it for a year, and she loves it. a great example are the little 
musical instruments she got for Christmas. the age range on them is 3 and 
up, but I'm not sure why a younger child wouldn't want to play with bells 
and little drums, etc.
Dena


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tammy, Paul and Colyn" <tcl189 at rogers.com>
To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2009 2:14 PM
Subject: Re: [blparent] toddler development question


> Hi,
>
> I wouldn't worry too much about her playing with your toys instead of her 
> own, and I would definitely not stress over her lack of interest in her 
> new puzzles.  My son loves puzzles now, but when he was that age, getting 
> him to sit down even for reading  a book was hard, and getting him to put 
> together a puzzle was impossible.  Just put them up and try again in a 
> month or so. The fact that she isn't doing the puzzles probably has more 
> to do with her just not being interested, and less to do with her being 
> developmentally delayed or whatever the pc term is these days.  If 
> climbing and running is what she really likes to do  then encourage that 
> by providing her with some ways to do that.  And if she likes computers 
> and phones then get her her own computer and sell phone to play with. 
> Just because something's not labeled educational doesn't mean we can't 
> learn something from playing with it.
>
> hth
>
> Tammy
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Nikki Fugett-Dobens" <nfugett at cinci.rr.com>
> To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2009 7:01 AM
> Subject: [blparent] toddler development question
>
>
>> Hi group.  I hope you all had a good Christmas.
>> I had a question about toddler development.  My 17 month old got some 
>> puzzles for Christmas.  They are for children who are a year and a half 
>> old.  They are the ones with the big pieces so they're easy to handle for 
>> her.  So far, Mackenzie has always been pretty advanced for her age, she 
>> learns pretty quickly.  However, I tried to interest her in putting 
>> together a puzzle, and she didn't seem interested.  I took one piece out, 
>> and asked her to put it back, and she either tried to make the piece fit 
>> and couldn't, or she just wasn't interested.
>> She isn't really interested in her shape sorter either.  I think she has 
>> mastered the circle, but she doesn't want to play with the other shapes. 
>> Is this developmentally appropriate for her age? How can I get her 
>> interested in these concepts and toys? Mackenzie likes to climb and run, 
>> and she loves her musical toys, but honestly, other than that, she isn't 
>> really interested in toys.  She would rather play with a cell phone or my 
>> computer.  Thanks for any advice you have, and I hope all of you have a 
>> happy new year.
>>    Nikki
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