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Little Bear’s Christmas List

December 19, 2013 by Andrei Leave a Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: CVI BLOG Tagged With: cerebral palsy, christmas, cvi, dark room, enabling devices, facebook, gift, glitter, toys, visual stimulation, wheelchairs

Colorful Holiday Gift Ideas for Kids with CVI

November 12, 2012 by Andrei Leave a Comment

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, […]

Filed Under: CVI BLOG Tagged With: big bird, christmas, elmo, gifts, holidays, pink, red, yellow

A CVI Christmas Part 2!

December 18, 2011 by Andrei Leave a Comment

Once we had our CVI friendly Christmas tree set up, we also wanted to make our gifts as CVI-friendly as possible. To do this, we purchased rolls of metallic, single-colored wrapping paper in red, green and blue from Hy Gloss Products. (This is also a great website for finding a variety of other shiny materials!) […]

Filed Under: CVI BLOG Tagged With: blue, christmas, Mylar, red

A CVI Christmas!

December 11, 2011 by Andrei 2 Comments

For Christmas this year, we are focusing on making our tree CVI friendly. Since red is one of Lukas’ favorite colors, we purchased sparkly red ornaments (we found these at Sears) and big red light strands (from Walgreen’s) to put on the tree. The glitter on the ornaments adds the element of movement and he […]

Filed Under: CVI BLOG Tagged With: button, christmas, light, red, switch, tree

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