[blparent] what to do with a toddler?

[Barbara Hammel]

What about puzzles?  There's bead stringing, pop beads, lacing cards, 
play-doh, size discrimination, stacking, somersaults, dress-up, playing in 
different textured things like corn or rice or macaroni or water or 
cornstarch and water.  Oh and there's sorting.  That's all I can think of 
right now.
Barbara




Through the sunny fields of yesterday
Echo voices of children now grown,
Their golden peals of laughter
Ring upon the ivied stone.
-----Original Message----- 
From: Pipi
Sent: Monday, January 17, 2011 11:40 PM
To: blv-moms at googlegroups.com ; blindparenting at googlegroups.com ; NFBnet 
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Subject: [blparent] what to do with a toddler?

Hey Y'all,
Sorry, I didn't really know how to title this email. Ramblings of the 
exhausted probably fits better. I'll try to keep it short.
Savannah turned 2 in November. I feel like all of my previous early 
childhood education has gone out the window and has no intention of coming 
back anytime soon.
I am wanting to do a more structured routine with her. I want to start 
preparing her for a routine of preschool and the likes. Other than simple 
routines such as bedtime, meals, brushing teeth twice a day, we don't have 
many others.
My first question is, is she too young for a home preschool atmosphere?
Another question, what should I be working on with Savannah? I've seemed to 
have forgotten these things. I know letters, numbers, colors, shapes, but 
what else? Is there some sort of online lesson plans I can look at to get 
ideas?
To get an idea of some of the things we do now, a typical day is filled with 
tons of book reading spread out, savannah watches sesame street, super y, or 
one of her dvd's,  she loves her play kitchen where i both play with her and 
let her play alone.  we color, occasionally get out the paint, play with 
mega blocks and wooden blocks, physical time with dancing, running, jumping, 
or playing in her tunnels. she has the tag jr. that she loves, clay, fridge 
phonics and other magnetic letters, numbers, and shapes.  There are other 
things that are escaping my brain now.
Obviously we don't do all of that in one day, but i do my best to keep her 
doing something, and then a break with a dvd or free play without me being 
involved thrown in there every so often.  I just want more of a routine for 
her, and also for myself so i can track the progress. I'm very list and 
chart orientated, and I don't have that now.
what should i be focusing on, for fine motor skills? large motor?  the 
basics i mentioned above? what am i forgetting.
what are some of y'all's daily routines?
I also want to try this out to gage my ability to possibly home school in 
the future if that is the path i choose.
I feel like I don't have much control right now. I don't mean over Savannah, 
but over how I'm raising her. I've finally started reading Dr. Sears and 
have other books that are coming up soon to read. I just need my nice neat 
list of things to do and i don't have it and it's driving me crazy.
Please help if you can.
Pipi
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