The 2013 Great Glasses Play Day will be August 4, 2013 and we’d love your help in making it a success! Here’s some ways you can help: Sign up to help plan an event near you! The get togethers are planned locally by parents. You choose the location and time (and day, if Aug. 4 doesn’t … Continue reading »
MINNEAPOLIS, MN – April 1, 2013. Researchers at Little Four Eyes have recently demonstrated that there exists a strong link between children who wear glasses and cuteness. The study is the first of its kind to look for links between kids in glasses and their levels of cute. Cuteness experts analyzed the 167 photos in … Continue reading »
I just came across this lovely, and heartbreaking, post from Almost All the Truth, “A Kinder New Year in Glasses.” She talks about how important it is for all people to be kind to each other and especially not to call names. It got me thinking about the name calling that so often comes from … Continue reading »
Today is World Sight Day, a day devoted to raising awareness of blindness and visual impairment as public health issues. The numbers are striking and sad: an estimated 1.4 million children are needlessly blind causes of childhood blindness include glaucoma, cataracts, retinopathy of prematurity, corneal scarring, and refractive errors. in developing countries, 60% of blind … Continue reading »
Thank you again to everyone that helped us celebrate the very first Great Glasses Play Day! We’ve set the date for the second annual event for August 4, 2013. We hope you’ll join us!
One of the ways to celebrate the Great Glasses Play Day was by writing a post on your own blog about your child in glasses. I’ve gathered up the posts here for you to enjoy. If you write a blog post about the Great Glasses Play Day, please comment here or on our Happy Great … Continue reading »
Thank you to everyone who helped us celebrate in person and online yesterday! We’re working on getting all the great stuff you sent in compiles so we can share it all. If you didn’t get a chance to participate, you can still join in the online celebrations. And remember to leave us a note in yesterday’s … Continue reading »
The big day is here!! Happy Great Glasses Play Day everyone! So let’s hear it, how did you celebrate? (links to pictures and videos are welcome!) Everyone who posts a comment about how they celebrated will be entered to win one of our fabulous giveaways. Leave a comment by noon on August 12 to be … Continue reading »
Glasses can help us read, and reading books can help make wearing glasses better! As a librarian, books are one of the first places I turn when I’m dealing with an unfamiliar situation, so of course I went looking for books for Zoe when she first got glasses, and I continue to keep an eye … Continue reading »
Congratulations to the winners! We’ve sent emails to everyone who won a prize, please check your emails. And thank you to everyone who participated!! The big day is nearly upon us! I’ve mentioned a few times that we have some great giveaways to help in the celebration. There are three steps to be entered … Continue reading »
