[blindkid] Learning how to play?

[Julie Yanez]

Hi Julie, my 2 kids have a 7 year gap. My oldest in blind and she's 10. My
youngest is 3. I found that first correcting his behavior was key. Biting
was unacceptable. After that, I had him join in on my play time with her.
And if he wasn't gonna help or be nice, he was gonna play on his own. After
all, they are siblings. They need the support from one another. There will
be a day when I'm not around anymore.
But introducing him to braille was a major key as well. I don't expect him
to learn it, but I do expect him to understand that sister sees
differently. And he get rewarded for helping her with certain things. That
was his positive reinforcement to learn good habits when playing with
others.
We play lots of non sighted games. Like hide and seek in the dark(he gets a
glow stick), we paint, do art projects. I even have them race on razor
scooters. Her impairment even out with his age and size.
On Aug 28, 2012 10:22 AM, "Julie Dabbieri" <julietnan at aol.com> wrote:

> I have 2 daughters. My 5 yr old is blind, my 3 yr old is not. We have had
> a lot of aggressive behavior from our 3 yr old towards our 5 yr old. Althou
> the reasons for the aggression seem to be multifaceted, but one that makes
> sense to us is that our 5 yr old wont play with her. We have not pushed
> this because I understood why my 5 yr old would not want to play with
> someone who hits bites, pulls her hair, etc. I am trying very hard to
> facilitate play between them, which sometimes works and sometimes doesn't.
> Lastnight my 5 yr old said, I don't know how to play with her. This is
> true, she doesn't know how to socialize with children very well. It is
> something we have been working on and is in her IEP. Do any of you have any
> experience, suggestions, recommendations for anything? We are open to just
> about Anything at this point. We realize both our girls have ha ing trouble
> because of this issue, and it's very sad, and frustrating.
> Thank you for any response!
> Julie
>
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