[blparent] Request for ideas to help young kids to get ready for school on time

[Erin Rumer]

Hello list! 

Hope you're having a wonderful Tuesday! All of the suggestions on this topic have been great and we utilize many of them while getting ready for junior kindergarten every morning!

Something I have found extremely helpful is preparing a breakfast that is both healthy and easy to eat for a youngster. For example, I will warm/up a carrot and zucchini muffin that we get from Costco in the frozen section, and combine that with chopped fresh fruit and a slice of cheese or hard boiled egg.This is something that is both quick and easy for our 4 year old son to eat and one of the best features is that it's a meal that you can throw in a container quickly and finish while walking or riding to school! Dawson was diagnosed with type one diabetes back in February so mealtime is an extremely crucial point in our day. Skipping a meal is never an option and we must make sure to combine healthy carbohydrates, proteins and fiber all at once. We are in our second week of junior kindergarten and overall the routine in the morning has been going well. Getting up early enough to make sure to test Dawson's blood sugar, give him breakfast and administer insulin, is important. Dawson is in school all day from 8:15 AM to 2:45 PM so setting him up right for the day with a great breakfast is crucial as it is for any of us. 

Have a wonderful blessed day :-) 

Aaron Sent from my iPhone

> On Sep 15, 2015, at 11:41 AM, Melissa Ann Riccobono via blparent <blparent at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> In general, time is a hard concept for young children to understand. Seconds
> can often feel like minutes, and minutes like portions of hours--or perhaps
> whole hours depending on what is happening around them. I think the idea of
> using your iPhone timer is a good one. There are also watches and clocks out
> there which have the option of setting more than one alarm. This could be
> hhelpful. You could set an alarm to go off when it's time to wake up, then
> another a few minutes later that could mean the child should be dressed, and
> another when he or she should be sitting down for breakfast. You could play
> beat the clock with an idea like this. We actually have a clock which chimes
> every 15 minutes between the hours of 6 AM and 10:45 pM. This is nice at
> times because I can say something like, "the next time the clock dings, we
> need to start getting ready for bed.) This clock is in our living room, so
> it's not as useful when we are all upstairs--although if we are quiet enough
> we can hear it from up there.
> Glad the music has been helpful. I think this works better than traditional
> timers for young kids because they have a constant reminder of the passage
> of time. The song is playing from beginning to end, and they can start to
> know if the song has been playing for a long time or a short time, and also
> when it is about to end. Timers are great in a lot of cases, but I think
> it's easy for a kid to know the timer is set, then forget about it
> completely until it goes off because they get distracted. Of course, they
> can also ignore the song because of distraction... Nothing is perfect!
> Melissa
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Jennifer
> Bose via blparent
> Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 2015 12:49 PM
> To: Blind Parents Mailing List
> Cc: Jennifer Bose
> Subject: Re: [blparent] Request for ideas to help young kids to get ready
> for school on time
> 
> Hi, listers.
> 
> This list continues to be great for the most part. Thanks, JoElizabeth and
> Melissa, for your wonderful ideas to help kids get ready on time.
> Yes, I'm finding that waking up earlier so we can allow a little time to be
> playful rather than hurried is a good strategy. Music does seem to help,
> too. I'm wondering, though, if there's a good tool that any of you on the
> list has found that works well for everyone, maybe a particularly accessible
> clock or timer or something else that can prompt kids to notice the passage
> of time. Maybe I should just use my iPhone timer. Any other ideas ...
> 
> Thanks so much.
> 
> Jen
> 
> PS: JoElizabeth, congratulations on your novel.
> 
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