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Setting up a non-distracting play and learning environment.
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Do You See What I'm Saying?
By: Renata Bursten, Dragonfly Staff
Children with hearing loss and the play environment.
Preschool Art Activity Tips For Children With Visual Impairments
By: Renata Bursten, Dragonfly Staff
With small adaptations, children with visual impairments can participate fully in art activities.
Doing Wheelies!
By: Renata Bursten, Dragonfly Staff
Finding a great therapeutic bike for a child with special needs.
Helping Those Hearing Hassles!
By: Renata Bursten, Dragonfly Staff
Helping children with mild and moderate hearing impairments understand what they hear.
Streeeetching The Attention Span!
By: Renata Bursten, Dragonfly Staff
Setting up a non-distracting play and learning environment.
Sensory Play
By: Renata Bursten, Dragonfly Staff
It's good for body and mind!
Auditory Processing Tips
By: Renata Bursten, Dragonfly Staff
Games to help kids develop good auditory processing skills.
Teaching Children To Climb Up Stairs
By: Renata Bursten, Dragonfly Staff
Goooo-ing Up!
"Now, Before and After"
By: Renata Bursten, Dragonfly Staff
Teaching time tenses using Tense Sequencing Cards.
Independent Mealtime For Kids With Motor Impairments
By: Renata Bursten, Dragonfly Staff
Using mealtimes to promote independence, self-care skills, and social interaction.
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PLAY Tip
Adapting Signs for pre-verbal communication
Many hearing children use Sign instead of or before verbal communication. But what do you do if traditional Signs are physically difficult to master? Adapt them!
For example, the traditional Sign used to indicate "I need to go to the washroom" involves putting the thumb between the third and fourth fingers in a fist and waving the fist. If the child can't manage the hand position you could try using a plain closed fist waving instead.
Sign-based communication can help improve communication skills, lower frustration, improve manual dexterity, and teach children that hands can be used for meaningful activities.
You will find a good group of Sign resources in Dragonfly's book section.