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[hina altaf]

that is great. it helps make them smart. i can't wait to start
teaching him a lot of things.

On 3/22/13, Veronica Smith <madison_tewe at spinn.net> wrote:
> The more you tell him the more he'll learn.  Gab has always been the top
> reader in all her classes and now, in 7th grade, is making straight A's and
> is on the Honor roll as well as in Jurnior Honor society.  I'm convinced it
> is because of all the word games we played.
> When she got a little older and could talk, we say, "lets see how many
> words
> we can think of with the letter A," or which ever.  We make lists and lists
> of lists. A is for alligator, alphabet, any, apple, amber, anger, angle,
> etc.  then I would say, ok, lets think of words with A that aren't
> ordinary,
> no apple or alligator.  Make it harder and harder.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of hina altaf
> Sent: Monday, March 18, 2013 10:42 AM
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> Subject: Re: [blparent] need advise:
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> hi V,
> Thanks for your suggestions and sharing some valuable resources. I would
> definitely use  them. I will also try some word games. I already am telling
> him what everything is when i give it to him but will work on being more
> consistant on telling him.
> hina.
>
>
> On 3/15/13, Veronica Smith <madison_tewe at spinn.net> wrote:
>> Hina, I played a lot of words games and sang a lot of songs.  I know I
>> know, you are saying word games, baby too young for that.  But even at
>> this age, they are little sponges and absorb it all.  I would say A  A
>> is for apple and if I had an apple, I would show it to her, B is for
>> ball, c is for cat.
>> Sometimes I would just pick up her stuffed animals, hand each to Gab
>> separately saying the animal dog bow wow wow, cat meow eow and so on.
>> Sing the names, make it fun.  Before you know it, your baby will start
>> handing you the animals and waiting for  the sounds and names.
>> Good books are Brown bear Brown bear, what do I see or Polar bear
>> polar bear, what do you hear.  Both were Gab's favorite.
>> Sign up for the Kenneth Jernagan library or    depending where you live,
>> the
>> Utah State library for the blind.  Both will send you age appropriate
>> print-braille books for you to read.
>>  Take little walks around the yard, make sure to point out birds,
>> trees, plants, leaves, touch them and say the names.  Listen to the
>> birds and say bird and make the sound. When Gab was little, I showed
>> her a fish and of course, I didn't know what sound it made, so I said
>> bubble bubble.  For years after that, she'd call them bubbles.
>> V
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: blparent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of hina
>> altaf
>> Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2013 8:22 AM
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>> Subject: [blparent] need advise:
>>
>> Hi,
>> My baby is almost going to be eleven months now and crawls around
>> everywhere. he is also standing up holding on to things and trying to
>> take a few baby steps. Do you know of any games I can play with him at
>> this age? i am only home in the evening and have almost two to three
>> hours with him before he goes to bed, i want to do the most i can
>> because i feel i am not spending enough time with my child. what are
>> some of the fun activities you did and would recommend? Please also
>> give me some titles of picture books and story books that you used and
>> I will see if I can get them?
>> All the help is much appreciated as always.
>> Hina.
>>
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