We talked about how she can help my daughter in her classroom and what she is capable of now. At the end of our conversation we went over to my daughter’s classroom and walked around, discussing the materials (“work”) and which ones my caught had had a lesson on and what type of things she did.
We also talked about the limitations she has positionally right now with the PFO in her right eye. We showed the easel she had reserved for her so she could do upright work where possible. We also talked about how she moved the chair out from any work she did at a desk so she could work on her knees, thus moving her head lower to the table and reducing the need to peer over.
Raffaella was very positive about the whole situation. She said my daughter’s mind was 20/20, even if her vision wasn’t. We’re looking forward to hearing about Raffaella’s time in the classroom in the future.
The Big Boy Update: We went to my son’s Bring Your Parent’s to School day this afternoon. We went when the “Extended Day” children did their afternoon work cycle. My son took apart a map of the countries of North America without names or lines and got it back together. He worked on some letters in his journal and did several activities with geometric solids and shapes. He was so happy to have us in the classroom.
The Tiny Girl Chronicles: We went to Bring Your Parents to School day today. My husband and I were so impressed with our daughter. She was confident yet careful moving around her classroom, even though there were about thirty extra parents in the room at the time. She selected work to do that was challenging to even a sighted person, but she persevered and acted like it was only normal to stick your hand into the pitcher to find out if it was empty since you couldn’t see otherwise. My favorite “work” she did was “gloving work” in which she pulled gloves out of a basket and matched them up into pairs. It was a good exercise for someone with low vision skills.
We also talked about the limitations she has positionally right now with the PFO in her right eye. We showed the easel she had reserved for her so she could do upright work where possible. We also talked about how she moved the chair out from any work she did at a desk so she could work on her knees, thus moving her head lower to the table and reducing the need to peer over.
Raffaella was very positive about the whole situation. She said my daughter’s mind was 20/20, even if her vision wasn’t. We’re looking forward to hearing about Raffaella’s time in the classroom in the future.
The Big Boy Update: We went to my son’s Bring Your Parent’s to School day this afternoon. We went when the “Extended Day” children did their afternoon work cycle. My son took apart a map of the countries of North America without names or lines and got it back together. He worked on some letters in his journal and did several activities with geometric solids and shapes. He was so happy to have us in the classroom.
The Tiny Girl Chronicles: We went to Bring Your Parents to School day today. My husband and I were so impressed with our daughter. She was confident yet careful moving around her classroom, even though there were about thirty extra parents in the room at the time. She selected work to do that was challenging to even a sighted person, but she persevered and acted like it was only normal to stick your hand into the pitcher to find out if it was empty since you couldn’t see otherwise. My favorite “work” she did was “gloving work” in which she pulled gloves out of a basket and matched them up into pairs. It was a good exercise for someone with low vision skills.
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