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<li>[[Helping Children Who Are Blind:Chapter 7: Thinking Skills|Chapter 7: Thinking Skills]]
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<li>[[Helping Children Who Are Blind:Understanding objects|Understanding objects]]</li>
<li>[[Helping Children Who Are Blind:Doing the same things others do (imitation)|Doing the same things others do (imitation)]]</li>
<li>[[Helping Children Who Are Blind:Understanding why things happen (cause and effect)|Understanding why things happen (cause and effect)]]</li>
<li>[[Helping Children Who Are Blind:Solving problems|Solving problems]]</li>
<li>[[Helping Children Who Are Blind:Matching and sorting objects|Matching and sorting objects]]</li>
<li>[[Helping Children Who Are Blind:Counting|Counting]]</li>
<li>[[Helping Children Who Are Blind:Increasing your child’s thinking skills|Increasing your child’s thinking skills]]</li>
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[[Image:HCWB_Ch7_Page_68-1.png|right|330px|alt=a man thinking as a child sits on his shoulders touching a tree branch.]]
<div style="position:absolute; left:276px; top:170px; width:125px;">I’ll put Raimon on my shoulders so he will know how big the tree is.</div></div>
As your child develops, he must learn to&nbsp;use his skills to form more complete ideas about the world around him. You can help by providing him with many different opportunities to learn about his&nbsp;world.

====''To increase your child’s thinking skills''====
Help your child learn more about objects by teaching him to feel the whole object, even when it is very large. Encourage him to identify the object’s size, shape, weight, and feel.
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If your child can see a little, ask him to describe objects to you or to draw
them. This way you will know if he sees well enough to understand what
the object really looks like. If he has not seen the object correctly, explain
what it is like.
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[[Image:HCWB_Ch7_Page_68-2.png|center|450px|alt=a woman speaking to a boy standing near a dog.]]
<div style="position:absolute; left:223px; top:42px;">''What a nice dog.<br />Can you tell me<br />what he looks<br />like?''</div></div>
Help your child learn about all the different parts of an activity. For example, take your child with you to explain all the things you must do to prepare a meal.
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<td><div  class{{=}}speechbub style="position: relative; width: 325px; ">[[Image:HCWB_Ch7_Page_69-1.png|left|350px|alt=a woman speaking to a child as she gathers tomatoes.]]
<div style="position: absolute; width: 105px; top: 20px; left: 220px;">Armando, first I get tomatoes from the garden...</div></div></td>
<td><div  class{{=}}speechbub style="position: relative; width: 325px;">[[Image:HCWB_Ch7_Page_69-2.png|right|300px|alt=the woman gathering eggs.]]
<div style="position: absolute; width:115px; top: 12px; left: 165px;">...and eggs from the chickens</div></div></td>
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[[Image:HCWB_Ch7_Page_69-3.png|center|325px|alt=the woman speaking as she works in a kitchen.]]
<div style="position:absolute; left:358px; top:19px;width:130px;">''Then I can chop the tomatoes and cook eggs for supper.''</div>
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Help your child learn how objects can change. For example, in the cooking example above, the child can also learn how the vegetables and eggs change and feel different after cooking.
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<td><div  class{{=}}speechbub style="position: relative; ">[[Image:HCWB_Ch7_Page_69-4.png|center|300px|alt=the woman speaking as she cracks an egg into a a bowl.]]
<div style="position: absolute; width: 115px; top: 15px; left: 175px;">Armando, remember the hard, round egg we got from the chicken? Feel how slippery and wet it is inside.</div></div></td>
<td><div  class{{=}}speechbub style="position: relative; ">[[Image:HCWB_Ch7_Page_69-5.png|right|280px|alt=the woman handing the child a bowl.]]
<div style="position: absolute; width: 115px; top: 14px; left: 172px;">And here is the same egg, cooked. Now it is soft and warm for you to eat.</div></div></td>
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Help your child connect one experience with another. For&nbsp;example:
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<td><div  class{{=}}speechbub style="position: relative; ">[[Image:HCWB_Ch7_Page_70-1.png|center|325px|alt=a man speaking as a child puts his hand in a river.]]
<div style="position: absolute; width: 115px; top: 11px; left: 125px;">Juan, feel how cold the water in the river is.</div></div> </td>
<td><div  class{{=}}speechbub style="position: relative; ">[[Image:HCWB_Ch7_Page_70-2.png|center|275px|alt=the man and child putting their hands in a basin next to a barrel.]]
<div style="position: absolute; width: 115px; top: 15px; left: 105px;">This is water, too, Juan. But it’s warmer from  being in a barrel in the sun.</div></div> </td>
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