Can you believe our Little Bear is TEN years old?! As we approached a decade of caring for a child with multiple disabilities, we started thinking about what we’ve learned and what we can share at this point on our journey. We are focusing on ways to breathe new life into Little Bear Sees and […]
Tap-n-See Now Upgrade Solution
It has come to our attention that some of our app users have encountered an unfortunate problem after our last update of Tap-n-See Now in January, 2015. If you purchased the full version of Tap-n-See Now and now seem to be stuck in the lite version without full access to the features, there is a […]
Announcing our Third iPad Grant Recipient
Our most recent iPad Grant for children with cortical visual impairment (CVI) took place in May of this year. We were thrilled to award the package to Allan and his family. Allan received: A 16GB iPad with Retina Display, a copy of our CVI-specific app: Tap-n-See Now, and a copy of our book about CVI: […]
Aquariums: A fun birthday activity for kids with CVI!
Lukas recently turned 4 (Happy Birthday!) and it seems we have a new birthday tradition for our Little Bear! In a past article we discussed the appeal of aquariums to kids with cortical visual impairment (CVI). At the time, we were limited to the lovely, but small, Waikiki Aquarium as we were living in Honolulu. […]
Announcing Our Third iPad Grant Cycle
It’s been a long time in the making, but Little Bear Gives is excited to announce that our third CVI iPad package grant will take place in April of this year! The package includes: An iPad (current generation) A copy of our CVI-specific app: Tap-n-See Now*! A copy of our book about CVI: Little Bear […]
Little Bear’s Christmas List
We’ve been having a great conversation over at our Facebook page about gift ideas for kids with CVI. We know how tough it can be to find good gifts, but this year we’ve gotten some excellent ideas from all of you! So, after much consideration, here is the final list of what we decided on […]
iPad App Released: My Talking Picture Board
Little Bear Sees and Western Pennsylvania School for Blind Children proudly present their first collaborative app for those with cortical visual impairment (CVI). This innovative app allows the user to create two-dimensional object identification tasks using their own photos and voice. Though designed for students with CVI, this is a great app for parents or […]
A CVI Christmas List
We’ve finally managed to get all of our Christmas shopping done for Little Bear and wanted to share some of the great items we found that we think will be perfect for kids with CVI! Another parent shared with us this great website, where we found a number of excellent options for Lukas: www.hearthsong.com. As […]
Second Little Bear Sees iPad giveaway
It’s been a busy couple of months here at Little Bear Sees, and we have some very exciting things to announce! Our first ever Little Bear Gives CVI iPad package giveaway was a great success! We are happy to report we received almost fifty submissions! We were so touched by the many stories we read […]
Colorful Holiday Gift Ideas for Kids with CVI
As we’ve mentioned before, color is hugely important for kids with CVI. Unfortunately, it is a common misconception that because black and white is good for the early visual development of typically-developing kids, it must also be good for kids with CVI. While some kids with CVI are able to respond to black and white, […]
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