[blindkid] Picking out Clothes

[SUSAN POLANSKY]

Like Trudy we started out with alot of talking - what colors matched, the difference between types of pants/shorts and what kind of shirt/shoes/socks he could wear with each type of pant. He uses sock clips to keep his socks together so I labeled a few clips for black/brown dress socks. I bought metal color tags from Independent Living Aids and uses quilting safety pins to label the clothes. Now Jason scans his clothes with his i Touch, he mostly gets it right when matching up but we have been at this since he was 6 so about 10 years.


Susan 
 

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 From: Traci Wilkerson <traci.renee27 at gmail.com>
To: blindkid at nfbnet.org 
Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2012 10:00 AM
Subject: [blindkid] Picking out Clothes
  
My kids are almost 6 and 8 and I am wondering when you started labeling
their clothes so they could pick out their own clothes?  I hang most of my
daughters clothes b/c she wears alot of dresses and skirts/tops combo's.
My son's clothes are in drawers.  I know I should always do what I can to
push their independence, but I'm also going to have to change the way I
shop if I start letting them pulling their own outfits!  ha!

When you do let them pull their own clothes, how do you mark so they know
what the outfit is?  Do you label colors, etc.  My son likes to know what
is on his shirt (picture, etc) but he is just learning braille, so he
couldn't read it if I typed it up for him....   My daughter could read it,
but she would only need to know colors, etc.  I'm thinking this would make
them more aware of the colors they are wearing as well and learn what
colors go together (at least what I think goes together - :)   ).

Thanks for your help!

Traci
Olivia, 7 and Evan, 5, both LCA
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