[blparent] Request for solutions to support my school-age children with school and homework

[mistydbradley at gmail.com]

For the alarm question, you could set an alarm on your phone or there are tactile and talking timers you can get where you can set the timer without visual help, and the kids can learn to set it too. Many of the online blindness stores carry either talking or tactile timers. There are also some talking watches that have built-in timers. Since I have an iPhone, I usually ask Siri to set the timer for me when I need it, or I will ask Siri to set an alarm.

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> On Nov 26, 2018, at 11:06 AM, Star Gazer via BlParent <blparent at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
>                My oldest is almost 12, and I still have to
> ride her in the morning. She ignores alarms, they mean nothing to her. 
> They are helpful for me though
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: BlParent <blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Roanna Bacchus via
> BlParent
> Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2018 6:35 PM
> To: Jennifer Bose via BlParent <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Roanna Bacchus <rbacchus228 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [blparent] Request for solutions to support my school-age
> children with school and homework
> 
> Hi Jen thanks for your message. A good way for all of you to tell time is to
> set an alarm on your phone. If your daughters have clocks in their bedrooms,
> they can help keep track of the time while getting ready for school in the
> morning. I do not know about setting up an Apple watch. You can ask the
> school to email you copies of the papers they come home with.
> 
> Roanna Bacchus
> 
> On Nov 24, 2018 11:03 PM, Jennifer Bose via BlParent <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi, listers. 
>> 
>> I have two daughters who are now six and nine and very busy with 
>> school. My questions are probably those of every parent, but I'm 
>> curious what the list might say about them:
>> Can anyone suggest a good way for all of us to tell time? I can check 
>> it on my phone or ask Alexa, but I haven't found anything I can help 
>> them set the time or an alarm on. The kids are sighted, I'm blind, and 
>> I haven't come up with some solutions to tell time, and show how 
>> quickly it's going by, that work for all of us. (It would make getting 
>> ready for school in the morning a little easier, possibly.) How easy 
>> would it be for me to help my nine-year-old set up an Apple watch if I 
>> got her one?
>> 
>> Also, what are your suggestions for dealing with all the paper they 
>> come home with? I love going through it and trying to keep some of 
>> their art or their stories, if possible. But there's just so much ...
>> 
>> Thanks for any help. 
>> 
>> Jen
>> 
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