Get your Talking Eggs Now!!!

Easter is coming and for Tommy it hasn't been the most exciting holiday. Last year he didn't eat anything much by mouth so he didn't really care about his Easter basket. But as you can see below, he gave it a good try. These pictures were snapped in about five minutes and then he was done!

He gave the chocolate a shot.

The "grass" is a great texture to explore with little bare feet.

 So what are some good things to put in your blind child's easter basket? Here is a variety of ideas for young children:

• small stuffed animals
• baby food 
• meltable foods for eaters like Tom. (like hull less cheese puffs.)
• small rattles, shakers or whistles
• bouncy balls or texture balls
• a Braille book :)
• any small musical toy
• play dough (very good for strengthening fingers for Braille)

Not a fan of the marshmallow owl... :(

I have a plan this Easter. An Egg Hunt! How you say...? Why all we need are some talking eggs and Tom is in the game.

You can find Hide Em & Find Em Electronic Easter Eggs at KMart, Rite Aid, Target, Walgreens and Learning Express. These eggs say "Yoo hoo,"and "I'm over here," and other phrases for thirty minutes. When the child finds the egg and opens it up, the egg says, "Surprise, you found me!" There is also room to add a little candy to the egg.

These talking eggs were a huge hit last year and will probably go fast so buy some if you see them. I am going to try to track some down this weekend so that Thomas can have an Easter Egg hunt for the very first time this year. Now I just have to hope that the weather cooperates and allows us to have an outdoor egg hunt. You never know what the weather will be like at Easter time in Western Pennsylvania.

And these eggs could be a very cool toy to get Thomas to use his cane. He hasn't been outside much at all other than to walk to the car since it's winter. I have been thinking about cane training outside and egg hunts might be a good motivator for working on his cane skills.

Now to find those eggs!