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Q. Do you work with children with severe to profound disabilities? if you are a educational professional and work with children with disabilities or worked around them, tell me some types of toys you recommend for them and why? or the types of towards that are age appropriate, gender-related and good for children with disabilities.
any feedback you have would be great. do you find it easy to locate toys for children who are disabled?
"All human beings respond to music and rhythm..."
I have been closely involved with people who have disabilities, both as a family member and as a professional, for more than 40 years. Most of the time, the classic toys are appropriate, and educational, for all kids, whether or not they have a disability. Blocks, Legos, K'Nex, any kind of stacking, building, or construction gives practice in motor planning and fine motor. Dolls, cars & trucks, play kitchens with dishes & toy food - all these give an opportunity for motor development as well as imaginative play. Simple games like Lucky Ducks, Barnyard Bingo, and Hungry Hippos are still a hit with my 5 to 8-year-old students, who are classified as severely disabled; they practice preacademic skills such as color matching and social skills such as turn taking when playing.
Art materials of all sorts are excellent - painting with fingers, brushes, feathers, forks, marbles; playdough activities using hands, rolling pins, objects to press into the dough, etc.; coloring with crayons, markers, and chalk; cutting and gluing; just remember that the point is for the child to experience the process, not to produce a masterpiece.
Blowing soap bubbles appeals to almost every child, and it can be a great activity to help develop the oral motor skills needed for speech when the child has to control his breath to make a bubble. And chasing the bubbles, and popping them, is a fun gross and fine motor activity.
Drawing in shaving cream is fun, smells good, gives practice in prewriting skills, and is easy to clean up.
My students love using a toy hammer to pound golf tees into styrofoam. (We use the pieces that come as packing material.)
All human beings respond to music and rhythm. Even children with profound hearing impairments respond to the vibrations of the stereo speakers. At school, I play a wide variety of music while the kids are working at their desks, and we sing and dance every day. You can adapt all kinds of songs to make them relevant to your child and your situation. Singing also helps speech development. I have had a number of students who learned to sing first and then to speak. We also play simple instruments such as drums, tambourines, bells, etc.
Lights of various sorts are also cool. I string different kind of decorative lights each month - fruit, pumpkins & ghosts, turkeys, etc. etc. We also play a game where we darken the room and I shine a flashlight on the floor, urging each child in turn to step on the light, or touch it with their hands, or sit on it, etc.
Balls and balloons are fun for all sorts of activities, including visual tracking as well as the motor aspects.
These are all traditional, readily available items that are appropriate for any child, no matter the age or developmental level.
If you are talking about a child with profound cognitive disabilties as well as significant motor impairment, many of these activities are still appropriate with modifications. Any child with vision will respond to lights and bubbles, and any child with hearing will respond to musical input. You may also want to check out the catalogs (available online) for Abilitations and Sportime, which have an incredible selection of items. They are not cheap, but often I have gotten some great ideas from them for things I could make or modify for my students.
I hope I have given you some useful ideas!
Q. What fun educational toys are there for a 3.5 year old.? ive been thinking about getting her the leapfrog clickstart computer toy, and ive thought about it a lot since its so expensive (50 bucks), she likes her dads comp and plays the little ball game and such on it, and shes seen the clickstart comp and has asked for it for christmas, but ive been looking at it and i keep seeing pics of kids playing with it with a blank look on their faces! you know like the stoned look! anyways im trying to think of other things to get her that may be better but that can help her learn and stuff, we do little things here and there but i need to find something that she can learn with thats mainly kid propelled, meaning she can activate it and work it and she actually learns but thats minimal parent involvement, she has been fighting help on everything ands wants to do it all herself, i mean she knows how to fix her own cerial and start her own music and even get dressed and she learned all this in the past few months by not letting anyone help, so if thats how she wants to then thats fine.....
lol well i put that because believe it or not, there is a huge diff in the development of a just turned 3 year old and that of a 3 in a half year old, as well as a 4 year old......
Fisher Price Snap N Style dolls are great. My daughter loves them and she's about the same age.
Anything 'Little People' too. She likes to line the people up and have them all talk to one another.
Building blocks. We have the Imaginarium set from Toys R Us. She can build things for hours.
A doll house filled with furniture and people.
Dress-up and pretend clothes
Puzzles no more than 30 pieces.
Q. What fun educational toys are there for a 3.5 year old? ive been thinking about getting her the leapfrog clickstart computer toy, and ive thought about it a lot since its so expensive (50 bucks), she likes her dads comp and plays the little ball game and such on it, and shes seen the clickstart comp and has asked for it for christmas, but ive been looking at it and i keep seeing pics of kids playing with it with a blank look on their faces! you know like the stoned look! anyways im trying to think of other things to get her that may be better but that can help her learn and stuff, we do little things here and there but i need to find something that she can learn with thats mainly kid propelled, meaning she can activate it and work it and she actually learns but thats minimal parent involvement, she has been fighting help on everything ands wants to do it all herself, i mean she knows how to fix her own cerial and start her own music and even get dressed and she learned all this in the past few months by not letting anyone help, so if thats how she wants to then thats fine.....
whats the thomas laptop like
My Hus recently bought my 2 yo a Thomas the Train laptop. He's learning quite a bit from it and it goes everywhere with him.
ETA: It has (I think 4 or) 5 different "games" that help them learn and reinforce numbers and letters. One of the games is WAY too advanced for my son right now, but he's really learning the individual letters. Since we've gotten it, he'll see letters (out in the store or on TV) and say things like, "That's a D. D is for daddy." One of the games gets them to identify the biggest thing on the screen (house, dog or car, for example). Another game asks what number comes between this number and that number. It keeps him occupied and out of my hair when I need to cook or whatever, plus, if I go take a bath or something, I can hear him using it and I know where he is.
It is called the Learn and Explore Laptop by V-Tech. I'll try to find a link for you.
http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=10099773
They make a Little Einsteins' one that looks good, too.
Q. Where is the best place to sell my educational materials for children of all ages online? i work through another company selling toys, games, books and software for children and parents and was curious on the best places online to share my products. i personally love the products and feel very passionate about providing children and parents with the best learning tools to make learning more fun and meaningful.
That is so easy just sell them on ebay you can give a starting price people will bid and you can also chose how much it will go for if it doesn't go for that price then nobody gets the item.
Q. What are some fun and/or educational preschool aged games? i work at a daycare that doesn't have a lot of toys or supplies for projects. i know some finger games and rhymes, but i would like some help to keep the atmosphere fun and fit for learning. any ideas? thanks!
""lauren rolled a number five..."
My colleague has a game that works well with preschoolers, is cheap and uses recycled materials.
Collect caps from all kinds of containers, such as water bottles, gallons of milk, etc. Aim to collect a ice cream bucket full of them. Get different colors and sizes. This alone will be an activity. You can keep track of how many you have and what colors they are. Make a graph, or just count them out each day. It will be good practice in learning numbers and counting.
To play a game with the caps, put the bucket of caps in the middle of a circle of children. Each child takes a turn rolling a dice. When the number comes up, he takes that many caps out of the bucket and puts them in front of him. Then it's the next person's turn. Go around the circle as many times as you wish.
As the children are taking their turn, talk about what is going on.
"Lauren rolled a number five. Let's help her count."
"Look, Ben has one brown cap. There aren't very many of those. All of us have red caps. There's lots of red caps."
When the game is over, have each child count their caps. Who has the most? or say "Who has 20 caps? Who has 19 caps?" etc. If you don't want to have a "winner", then forget counting the amount of caps and count them by color. "How many blue caps do each of you have? Count your blue caps."
You can put the caps away by having each child put a certain amount of caps into the bucket, or put certain colors into the bucket.
The good part about this game is that you don't have a winner or loser, and there isn't a specific ending on it- so you can have the game take as much time as you need it to. The game reinforces basic math skills of counting, sorting, more and less. It also reinforces color recognition.
Q. I'm thinking of going for full custody. i currently work at home and want to know if that would carry weight? so we currently have a 50/50 split as far as custody goes. we have joint physical and joint legal but i'm working from home now and my daughter can now stay with me more of the time. mom works rather long hours, say from 8 to 6 or 7 m-f. she rarely spends quality time, other than the weekends with her. i work early from 5 to 2 and she doesnt wake until 9'ish. so i only have 5 hours of work when shes waking and we work it perfectly with lunch and her nap to where the time is very limited where i'm working and she's actually awake. that time is filled rather easily with educational toys, drawing, painting, etc.
before we had joint custody, mom wasnt working and the court awarded her full custody with visitation for me. when she began working, we were then ordered joint.
she's only 3 and going to daycare for now, although lately, i tried keeping her home with me and we managed it very well. i had my time to work yet often able to spend precious time with her as well. i would like to educate her at home, with family and friends before allowing her to watch another hour of tv at daycare.
do you think a judge would entertain this thought of giving me full for this reason? please dont judge me on anything you don't know. i'm not trying to take her from mom, however, there are many issues at hand and i personally think this is the best for the child. being with dad who truly cares about instilling solid values, reading to her everyday, allowing her to grow, allowing her to experience different things/activities, etc. i can't say the same for mom.
anyway, i hope to get some honest answers here. thanks.
I would see if you could work for a better adjustment for your daughter
Q. Educational games for ages 2-7? i'm trying to find some educational toys that will keep the attention of my nephew and niece. my nephew has learning problems which have caused him to be much slower in learning he is 4 but has the intelligence of a 2 year old, my niece is 3 and is not so interested in the more advanced technology however they both seem to be really interested in my computer and watching their dad play video games
since they only come over and visit on weekends i'm hoping to find something that can easily be put away some place out of the way i was thinking about a v smile motion or that new game they ride the bike to play i'm open to any suggestions, at this point in time they are stuck with watching tv / movies, colouring, playing at the park when it's warm enough / in the back yard, or with whatever small toys they bring over with them. i also have older nieces and nephews that would be playing with anything i got. i need something that will actually work for 2 to 7 age range, keeping in mind that some of the kids wouldn't get the concept of steering on a game. i would appreciate any suggestions.
v smiles r good kids aages up to about 8 like those if you have a computer you can get jumpstart games for ages 18mos.-12yrs at the least get a little baby safe swing my 3 yr old niece likes that
Q. Question about child development gcse. intellectual development for cource work? right i need to come up with things i could do for intellectual development here's what i have so far, sorry its really long:
drawings
colourings
painting
writing
dot to dots
reciting the alphabet
reciting the times tables
reciting months of the year, days of the week, and dates.
number flash cards
number counting
reading books
reading poems
gap fills
playing with educational toys
spelling quizzes
playing on education computer games
observing them doing home work
learning names of animals
learning names of different shapes
brick building
hop scotch
counting money
working through exercise books/work
sing and act out songs with simple movements.
ask them to name objects in pictures
writing short letters
danke :)
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I have done the same thing not long ago :) isnt that enough, you have loadssss! :D
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