[blparent] need advise:

[hina altaf]

hi V,
Thanks for your suggestions and sharing some valuable resources. I
would definitely use  them. I will also try some word games. I already
am telling him what everything is when i give it to him but will work
on being more consistant on telling him.
hina.


On 3/15/13, Veronica Smith <madison_tewe at spinn.net> wrote:
> Hina, I played a lot of words games and sang a lot of songs.  I know I
> know,
> you are saying word games, baby too young for that.  But even at this age,
> they are little sponges and absorb it all.  I would say A  A is for apple
> and if I had an apple, I would show it to her, B is for ball, c is for cat.
> Sometimes I would just pick up her stuffed animals, hand each to Gab
> separately saying the animal dog bow wow wow, cat meow eow and so on.  Sing
> the names, make it fun.  Before you know it, your baby will start handing
> you the animals and waiting for  the sounds and names.
> Good books are Brown bear Brown bear, what do I see or Polar bear polar
> bear, what do you hear.  Both were Gab's favorite.
> Sign up for the Kenneth Jernagan library or    depending where you live,
> the
> Utah State library for the blind.  Both will send you age appropriate
> print-braille books for you to read.
>  Take little walks around the yard, make sure to point out birds, trees,
> plants, leaves, touch them and say the names.  Listen to the birds and say
> bird and make the sound. When Gab was little, I showed her a fish and of
> course, I didn't know what sound it made, so I said bubble bubble.  For
> years after that, she'd call them bubbles.
> V
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of hina altaf
> Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2013 8:22 AM
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> Subject: [blparent] need advise:
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> Hi,
> My baby is almost going to be eleven months now and crawls around
> everywhere. he is also standing up holding on to things and trying to take
> a
> few baby steps. Do you know of any games I can play with him at this age? i
> am only home in the evening and have almost two to three hours with him
> before he goes to bed, i want to do the most i can because i feel i am not
> spending enough time with my child. what are some of the fun activities you
> did and would recommend? Please also give me some titles of picture books
> and story books that you used and I will see if I can get them?
> All the help is much appreciated as always.
> Hina.
>
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