[blparent] what to do with a toddler?

Wed Jan 19 19:56:45 UTC 2011

I miss those days, enjoy every moment of them.  They get older and forget
all they learned. 

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From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Jo Elizabeth Pinto
Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2011 11:17 AM
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Subject: Re: [blparent] what to do with a toddler?

It's really amazing what your kids will start telling you when they have the

words to use.  Sarah has seven rubber ducks in her bath, and she was holding

a whole conversation between them this morning about colors, and how you 
have to shut doors nicely and not too hard, and how you have to cover your 
mouth when you sneeze.

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: "Veronica Smith" <madison_tewe at spinn.net>
Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2011 10:30 AM
To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [blparent] what to do with a toddler?

> Another thing I have done with Gab since she was able to talk.  I say 
> thing
> like this, balloon is a b word, boy is a b word, cat is a c word and so 
> on.
> When Gab started kindergarten she was already at a higher levl and had a
> huge vocabulary.  This just came from us walking, taking baths and sitting
> together playing what I called word games.
> She is 11 now and in the gifted program. V
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Dianna Alley
> Sent: Monday, January 17, 2011 11:24 PM
> To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [blparent] what to do with a toddler?
>
> I agree with her live life to the fullest.  I can't believe mine is 
> already
> two.  She is trying to count as well.  I do not know at this point if she
> knows any colors or not.  She can say letters and is saying several
> understandable words.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jo Elizabeth Pinto" <jopinto at pcdesk.net>
> To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Monday, January 17, 2011 11:05 PM
> 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>;
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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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