[blparent] what to do with a toddler?

[Brandy W]

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-----Original Message-----
From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Jo Elizabeth Pinto
Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2011 12:06 AM
To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
Subject: Re: [blparent] what to do with a toddler?

Hi, Pipi.  I'm sure you can find books and Web sites that will tell you what
skils children should be learning by certain ages, and ways you can help
that process along.  But I would strongly encourage you to take a deep
breath, relax, and enjoy your little girl!  She won't be little forever, and
to my way of thinking, there's plenty of time to worry about achievement, or
progress, or whatever you want to call it, later on.  She'll only be a
toddler for a few short years.

Daily structure is important, sure.  Sarah knows what to expect.  She has
regular snacks and meals, regular bedtime and naptime and waking up time. 
We get outside any day that it's warm enough.  We play together, read
together, watch DVD's together.  But I don't worry from day to day about
gross motor skills, or any other skills, really.  If she wants to build with
blocks, that's what we do.  If she's into magnetic letters that day, that's
what we do.  Maybe it's a more laid back approach, but Sarah's about six
weeks shy of her third birthday, and she knows her shapes and colors.  She
can count to fifteen or so.  She knows some of her letters.  The rest will
come in time.

I'm not trying to discourage your ambitions, but just don't get so caught up
in lists and routines that you miss the surprises.  Childhood is too great
and too short to miss out on!

Take care,
Jo Elizabeth

"Some people see things as they are and ask why.  I dream things that never
were and ask why not."--Robert F. Kennedy

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From: "Pipi" <blahblahblah0822 at gmail.com>
Sent: Monday, January 17, 2011 10:40 PM
To: <blv-moms at googlegroups.com>; <blindparenting at googlegroups.com>; "NFBnet
Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
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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