Growing Up Flashcards

If you have a child with Down syndrome, you know most are primarily visual learners. During the early years, flashcards as visual cues are a blessing. As a teen, Reagan is not as dependent on visual aides as she was during our early schooling years but they still prove to be valuable learning aides.

Fandex Family Field Guides from Workman Publishing are a resource for the older child with special needs who happens to be a visual learner. I love these sturdy, die-cut aides that we can carry around on our nature walks. Here is some of yesterday's loot:



And a somewhat better picture of the die-cut nature of the field guide:



The content below the visual (also on the back of the card) is not without substance. In fact, I do have to modify the content to simplify it a bit for Reagan. As with many other resources, I usually build upon what she knows and give her more information to build on as time goes by. These field guides are a resource that can be used for many years.

Fandex Field Guides cover many topics - from nature, mythology, historical figures, composers, to Old Testament Stories. There is even a Star Wars Field Guide!