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

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				Aaron, what section are the carrot and
zuicini muffins? I've never found them there, and they sound yummy. 

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From: blparent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Erin Rumer
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Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 2015 5:31 PM
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Subject: Re: [blparent] Request for ideas to help young kids to get ready
for school on time

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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