"Can You Walk with the Help of Shaped Papers?"
By Shavkat
@Shavkat (137215)
Philippines
May 22, 2017 9:44am CST
Some parents had claimed to be the best teacher for letting their children walk. I am not going to debate about this parenting aspect. The most common pattern for an infant to develop walking starts in creeping, crawling, sitting and standing. The normal child developmental milestone differs from one child to another.
I am sure of you had read my journey in Tajikistan. I had catered all types of children with impairments or disabilities. It was a challenging moment for me since the hospital that I had worked with the lack of equipment or facilities.
Don’t laugh if I said, “The shaped papers helped the disabled or impaired children walk.” I am not saying it is a miracle. It does happen when I trained them to walk by stepping the shaped papers forward, backward and sideward.
The photo is my foster son while having my mission in Tajikistan. I am sure this boy is in teenager now.
Here is my challenge with parents out here.
“How did you teach your child to walk?”
Image Credit: Shavkat
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11 responses
@prashu228 (37526)
• India
22 May 17
That's interesting how you taught them, how they learned it. ..no children so can't comment on that
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@prashu228 (37526)
• India
22 May 17
@Shavkat wow that's interesting, I never heard about this technique to teach children. Did you invent this method?
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@Shavkat (137215)
• Philippines
22 May 17
@prashu228 I am just being creative. I tried to be innovative and apply my knowledge as a Physical Therapist. It was a good technique.
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@Bodyandbrain (13797)
• Gurgaon, India
23 May 17
You seem to have discovered a very interesting and Brilliant way to teach the children walk, my son learned it all in the natural way just like every child do, I mean first he started crawling, he started to walk step by step on his own when he was only 10 months old. At his first birthday, he was able to run.
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@Shavkat (137215)
• Philippines
23 May 17
Wow! It seems your little son had developed so early in terms of running at his first birthday. I think it varies from one child to another.
Sad to say for delayed motor development children, they need to be trained intensively. It is evident for children with impairments in walking. At some point, they need to use an assistive device.
Image Credit: Shavkat
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@Shavkat (137215)
• Philippines
24 May 17
@Bodyandbrain You are right. This is a customized roller walker. I think it is a great help for the child to walk.
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@Bodyandbrain (13797)
• Gurgaon, India
24 May 17
@Shavkat yes it varies from child to child.
I seen this type of equipments which help children to learn walking. We call it 'Walker '.
Training them to walk on shaped papers will not only help them to develop the control on their body but also they can enjoy it as a game.
I appreciate your brilliant idea.
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@m_audrey6788 (58485)
• Germany
23 May 17
I took care of my eldest sister son while she goes to work, so I think I can share my experience with you..What I did first is hold his hands and walking with him daily in the morning to feel how his legs can hold for a few seconds..then he started to let go of my hands and started trying to walk little..of course the first try out has not been successful but he keeps on trying..sometimes I found him reaching out a drawer to stand up on his own then little by little tried to walk..and it was amazing..I was excited and told it to my sister 
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@Shavkat (137215)
• Philippines
23 May 17
@m_audrey6788 I do agree with you. It melts my heart away when seeing them like this.
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@Shavkat (137215)
• Philippines
23 May 17
I joined you with that happiness in seeing a child walk without assistance. I think the normal child development can hold onto something to walk at a slow pace.It is a rewarding in our part. This is what I had seen with this mother seeing her child able to stand up with partial assistance.
Image Credit: Shavkat
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@lovinangelsinstead21 (36850)
• Pamplona, Spain
22 May 17
He always wanted to run instead.
It took him ages to walk slowly without running off on me.
He was very impatient all the time.
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@lovinangelsinstead21 (36850)
• Pamplona, Spain
23 May 17
@Shavkat
I had a time running after him so he would not fall over so many times.
Curious he has never turned out to be an Athletic Runner though.
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@Shavkat (137215)
• Philippines
23 May 17
@lovinangelsinstead21 I think kids dreamed of being athletic in running. They need to wait.lol
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@TiarasOceanView (70035)
• United States
22 May 17
That is a great guide for the disabled child.
I did not really have to teach my son only holding tiny hands at that time.
He was very determined and his first word was outside, as if he want to walk outside at 10 mos old lol
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@Shavkat (137215)
• Philippines
22 May 17
Wow! He was really determined to walk outside. I had also seen some infant who loves to stand up and never crawled like my little niece.
For a special child, it is totally different. You need to give all the effort to walk. Once it progresses, I need to apply the available therapy tools.
Image Credit: Shavkat
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@Shavkat (137215)
• Philippines
22 May 17
@TiarasOceanView I love my kids in Tajikistan. I had mixed emotions that time. I don't know if I wanted to go back to the Philippines that time. I also missed my foster son. He doesn't have a father. I was like his father when staying there.
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
23 May 17
provided their muscles and skeletal system are already better to move, then i think stepping on those little cut pieces of bond paper is okay.sop goes the foot coordination
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
24 May 17
@Shavkat that ball helps the child have good coordination of his sense of touch, and sight as well. great you enjoyed teaching kids.
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@cupkitties (7421)
• United States
22 May 17
I never taught mine. They just suddenly stood up one day and began putting one leg in front of the other and stumbled forward with their arms stretched out and a smile.
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@Shavkat (137215)
• Philippines
22 May 17
Neither do I, my friend. I don't have any children. But then, I tried to put myself as a parent and wanted to help these special children. I did some creativeness to let the children learn how to walk with the smileys.
Image Credit: Shavkat
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@ModernDayWriter (3318)
• New Delhi, India
22 May 17
It is difficult to walk like this.
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@Shwetasingh (1333)
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22 May 17
Really creative.. I never heard of any such thing
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