It’s again time for the annual Children’s Eye Foundation photo contest for their calendar. The Children’s Eye Foundation is the foundation of the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus (AAPOS). The theme for this year’s photo contest is “Best Buddies to See You Through“. Once you submit a photo, people can vote on their favorites.Continue reading “Children’s Eye Foundation 2014 photo contest – Best Buddies to See You Through”
Category Archives: kids with glasses
The third annual Great Glasses Play Day!
The third annual Great Glasses Play Day is just around the corner! I’ll be celebrating in Minneapolis, but there’s a whole lot of events this year and even if there are none near you, we have many ways for you to join the celebrations! Many thanks to Jessica Butler of Eye Power Kid’s Wear forContinue reading “The third annual Great Glasses Play Day!”
Your stories: Making a book to help prepare your child for glasses
Marisa writes at The Speech Language Momologist. She has a great post about learning that her son needed glasses at age 3. It’s absolutely worth a read, especially as she talks about how hard it can be as a parent to take in difficult news about your child. She also mentioned a book that sheContinue reading “Your stories: Making a book to help prepare your child for glasses”
Great Glasses Play Day 2014 updates!
We’re getting closer to this year’s Great Glasses Play Day – our 3rd annual event will happen the first weekend in May! What’s the Great Glasses Play Day? For anyone unfamiliar with the event, it’s a day to celebrate kids in glasses, patches, and contacts. It’s a chance to meet up and have a goodContinue reading “Great Glasses Play Day 2014 updates!”
Is it a good thing for glasses to be associated with geeks and nerds?
Recently, UK retailer Tesco had some children’s shirts for sale that had a picture of an animal wearing glasses and the word “geek” or “nerd.” Quite a few parents wrote on Tesco’s wall to complain about the shirts linking glasses with a term that many people still feel is an insult. Tesco decided to removeContinue reading “Is it a good thing for glasses to be associated with geeks and nerds?”
Tutorial – a rubber band loom strap for Miraflex glasses
Pam shared this great idea for a glasses strap on the Little Four Eyes facebook group. I asked her for instructions, and she graciously agreed to write them up and share them! – Ann Z How to Make a Rainbow Loom (or other rubber band loom) Miraflex Strap Disclaimer: Both the rubber bands and theContinue reading “Tutorial – a rubber band loom strap for Miraflex glasses”
Powerful pink Valentine’s giveaway from Peeps Eyewear
I met Kristin from Peeps Eyewear a few years ago through this site. I had no idea when I first met her that we’d come to do so many things together. She and I worked together to create the Great Glasses Play Day, and she’s going to be the publisher of the Glasses! book thatContinue reading “Powerful pink Valentine’s giveaway from Peeps Eyewear”
Round up of some good links (picture tutorial, giveaways, and special offers)
I’ve come across some links recently that I wanted to make sure to share: How to take photos of kids in glasses – Jessica from Eye Power Kids’ Wear has a great post with advice on getting great pictures of your kids in glasses. Take a look! Speaking of Eye Power Kids’ Wear, they areContinue reading “Round up of some good links (picture tutorial, giveaways, and special offers)”
Frequently asked question: how will I ever get my child to wear glasses?
The Little Four Eyes facebook group gets quite a few parents who have just learned that their child will need glasses. Many come to the group with the same question: “How on earth am I ever going to convince my wonderful, but strong-willed child to keep glasses on her face?” For many of us, theContinue reading “Frequently asked question: how will I ever get my child to wear glasses?”
Contests, giveaways, and surveys, oh my!
First, a quick note to say that I have updated the photo galleries with some wonderful new photos of kiddos in glasses and in patches. Thank you to everyone who has shared their photos! They really go a long way to helping other families and young kids in glasses and patches to feel less alone.Continue reading “Contests, giveaways, and surveys, oh my!”
Patching giveaway!! Eye patches, books, and a patching bear!
Updated: Thank you everyone who entered! Congratulations to Sheri and Fran, whose names were chosen as winners. Patching is never much fun, but sometimes a little bit can go a long way to making it a bit better. We have a great giveaway with items from Kids’ Bright Eyes and Patch Land Adventures to helpContinue reading “Patching giveaway!! Eye patches, books, and a patching bear!”
Updates! Great Glasses Play Day, the Glasses book, and a huge giveaway
There’s a lot of recent updates that I haven’t done a good job of keeping up with, so here goes: The 2014 date for the Great Glasses Play Day has been announced. We had a lot of requests to move away from the August date due to weather issues in a lot of locations. AfterContinue reading “Updates! Great Glasses Play Day, the Glasses book, and a huge giveaway”
Frequently asked questions: My child’s eyes cross without their glasses, are the glasses making their eyes worse?
This is one of the questions that comes up very often in the Little Four Eyes facebook group. The question usually reads something like this: My child just started wearing glasses a few weeks ago for farsightedness. Before getting glasses, we noticed that her eyes would cross, but only occasionally. When her glasses are on,Continue reading “Frequently asked questions: My child’s eyes cross without their glasses, are the glasses making their eyes worse?”
Books about glasses, contacts, and patches — written from experience
It should come as no surprise that I love books and turn to books especially when it comes to children’s books. I’m a librarian, after all. When Zoe first got glasses, I set out to find some good books for a young toddler in glasses. And I came up pretty short. There are certainly booksContinue reading “Books about glasses, contacts, and patches — written from experience”
Some of the (other) great benefits of having a young kid in glasses
A long time ago (well, long time in Internet land), I wrote a post about the good side of having a kid in glasses. My favorite was that everyone seemed to notice Zoe’s glasses, so they probably didn’t notice the stains on her shirt. I’d been thinking about that post again as I’ve recentlyContinue reading “Some of the (other) great benefits of having a young kid in glasses”
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