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<li>[[Helping Children Who Are Blind:Chapter 1: How Can I Help My Child?|Chapter 1: How Can I Help My Child?]]</li>
<li>[[Helping Children Who Are Blind:How children develop|How children develop]]</li>
<li>[[Helping Children Who Are Blind:How vision problems affect development|How vision problems affect development]]</li>
<li>[[Helping Children Who Are Blind:How you can help|How you can help]]</li>
<li>[[Helping Children Who Are Blind:What about my child’s future?|What about my child’s future?]]</li>
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Helping young children develop all areas of their body and mind
through planned opportunities to experience, explore and play with
things is called ‘stimulation’ or ‘early assistance.’ In this book you will
find many simple activities that can be done as you play with your child
or as you do your daily work. You can also adapt these activities so they
fit with your child and your daily life. For example:

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<td><div class{{=}}speechbub style="position: relative; width: 325px; height: 300px;">[[Image:HCWB_Ch1_Page_8-1.png|center|280px|alt=a woman kneeling to shake a rattle in front of a baby.]]
<div style="position: absolute; width: 85px; top: 19px; left:35px;">What’s making that noise?</div></div></td>
<td><div  class{{=}}speechbub style="position: relative; width: 325px; height: 300px;">[[Image:HCWB_Ch1_Page_8-2.png|center|280px|alt=the woman hitting a table with a spoon while the baby shakes a rattle.]]
<div style="position: absolute; width: 115px; top: 15px; left: 145px; width:125px;">What a big noise, Oscar! Listen! I can make a noise just like you.</div></div></td></tr>
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<td  valign="top" style="line-height:110%; padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;">''If you get your baby’s attention with a noisy toy and show him the sound it makes...''</td>
<td style="line-height:110%;">''...he will be more interested in playing. He will also learn to pay attention to sounds and where they come from.''</td></tr>
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<td><div class{{=}}speechbub  style="position: relative; width: 325px; height: 330px; top:70px;">[[Image:HCWB_Ch1_Page_8-3.png|center|240px|alt=a boy talking to a smaller child who is touching a motorcycle.]]
<div style="position: absolute; top: 10px; left: 120px; width:120px;">That’s the tire, Yaso. When the bike goes, the tire goes around.</div>
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<td><div  class{{=}}speechbub style="position: relative; width: 325px; height: 200px;">[[Image:HCWB_Ch1_Page_8-4.png|center|240px|alt=a girl helping the child to sit on the motorcycle.]]
<div style="position: absolute; width: 115px; top: 25px; left: 125px;">I’m riding too!</div></div></td></tr>
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<td style="line-height:110%; padding-left:20px;">''If you encourage a child to use his sense of touch, hearing, and smell to find out what objects are like…''</td><td style="line-height:110%;padding-left:40px;">''…he will learn more about the world and be able to talk about what he knows.''</td></tr>
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If you do these kinds of activities often, your child will have a childhood as full of fun and learning as any other child. As he grows up he can learn to:

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<td><div  class{{=}}speechbub style="position: relative;width: 275px;  ">[[Image:HCWB_Ch1_Page_9-1.png|center|230px|alt=a woman thinking while she watches a blind child walking.]]
<div style="position: absolute; width: 125px; top: 18px; left: 112px;">Louis is such a big&nbsp;boy now...look how he gets around!</div></div></td>
<td valign="bottom"><div  class{{=}}speechbub style="position: relative; width: 275px;">[[Image:HCWB_Ch1_Page_9-2.png|center|320px|alt=a boy talking to another while they play tug of war.]]
<div style="position: absolute; width: 55px; top: 10px; left: 133px;">Pull, Sam, we’re winning!</div></div></td></tr>
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<td valign="top" style="padding-left:40px;">''move about by himself''</td><td align="center" valign="top">''play with other children''</td></tr>
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<td  valign="bottom" style="padding-top:25px;"><div class{{=}}speechbub style="position: relative; width: 325px;">[[Image:HCWB_Ch1_Page_9-3.png|center|360px|alt=a woman talking while doing garden work with a child.]]
<div style="position: absolute; width: 95px; top: 23px; left: 10px;">Pat the soil down all around the plant.</div>
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<td  valign="bottom" style="padding-top:30px;"><div class{{=}}speechbub  style="position: relative; width: 325px;">[[Image:HCWB_Ch1_Page_9-4.png|center|220px|alt=a blind child speaking in a classroom.]]
<div style="position: absolute; width: 125px; top: 12px; left: 68px;">I know the answer to that question, Mrs. Natomo.</div></div></td></tr>
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<td style="padding-left:40px;" valign="top">''help with the family’s work''</td>
<td align="center" valign="top" style="text-align:center; line-height:110%;">''go to school or learn a trade''</td></tr>
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