[blparent] what to do with a toddler?

Wed Jan 19 19:55:49 UTC 2011

The song they sang when we were in the city pre-school was to the tune of
The Munsters.  Dadada dum snap snap,  its Sunday and its Monday, its Tuesday
and its Wednesday, its Thursday and its Friday and then its Saturday,  Days
of the week, snap snap.

-----Original Message-----
From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Nikki Fugett-Dobens
Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2011 10:35 AM
To: 'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'
Subject: Re: [blparent] what to do with a toddler?

Hi.  
Everything you've said is great.  One activity you could do, if you're not
already, is listening to songs.  I try to find songs that are educational,
sesame street has a website that has lots of videos and songs for kids, and
they have a variety of topics.  
I agree with what others have said about the fact that we don't constantly
need to focus on developing certain skills.  I worry about Mackenzie's
development to an extent too, making sure I'm doing what I should be, but as
she's grown, I worry less.  She's 30 months now, and she is learning so
much.  Children learn more than we realize just by daily life.  Mackenzie
comes up with words I never knew she had even heard of, she's always anxious
to learn something new. Just talking to them is helpful.  Sometimes, I just
go over the days of the week with her, and what day it is.   
I can't remember if you mentioned this, but you could have her help you with
a project such as baking cookies or making lunch.  
www.babycenter.com
has so many great activities and milestone charts you can check out.  It's
very informative.  
However, it sounds like you're doing a great job!  
Nikki

-----Original Message-----
From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Pipi
Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2011 12:41 AM
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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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