[blindkid] Toys for Christmas

[Sherry DeFrancesco]

Hi Sue and others,
To listen or download the Braille Wrap Song, you need to click "listen" once 
you go to the following website:
http://www.aph.org/edresearch/braille_rap/index.html

There is also a download link and a link to download the lyrics.
Sorry for the mistake.
Hope this works for you.
Best wishes, Sherry

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Susan Harper" <sueharper at firstchurchgriswold.org>
To: "NFBnet Blind Kid Mailing List, (for parents of blind children)" 
<blindkid at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, November 29, 2009 7:49 AM
Subject: Re: [blindkid] Toys for Christmas


> Your Websit is not working this morning.  I tried to access the RAP song,
> sounds like a great tool.  Thanks!
> Blessings,
> Sue H.
>
> On Sat, Nov 28, 2009 at 10:45 AM, Sherry DeFrancesco <
> sdefrancesco at optonline.net> wrote:
>
>>
>> Hi Sue and listers,
>>
>> Thanks for sharing the info about the leap frog toy. It's great to hear
>> about what is out there.
>>
>> Some of you may already be aware of the Braille Wrap song, but I found 
>> the
>> following teaching tool very touching and adorable, so I wanted to share
>> with all of you. See below for the Braille Wrap Song...
>>
>> Happy holidays,
>> Sherry, New York
>>
>> The Braille Rap Song
>> The Braille Rap Song was written by Lynn Horton and Tammy Whitten as a 
>> fun
>> way to teach braille to their students at the Helen Keller School located 
>> in
>> Talladega, AL. Lynn Horton played the song during her session at the 2001
>> CEC Conference in Kansas, where it met with such great interest that APH
>> volunteered to produce a high-quality, professional recording and make it
>> available to the world.
>>
>> To listen to the Braille wrap Song, go to:
>>
>> http://www.aph.org/edre
>> search/braille_rap/index.html#lyrics
>>
>> Click on listen/download to hear the song.
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Susan Harper" <
>> sueharper at firstchurchgriswold.org>
>> To: "NFBnet Blind Kid Mailing List, (for parents of blind children)" <
>> blindkid at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Saturday, November 28, 2009 10:22 AM
>> Subject: [blindkid] Toys for Christmas
>>
>>
>>   Hi All,
>>>    I have been helping Santa and at the suggestion of my friend, looked 
>>> at
>>> options for teaching a blind toddler the alphabet, while having fun.  I
>>> found the Leap Frog Alphapet (not this is not a misprint) Explorer.  The
>>> bones with letters are big enough if you carefully cut out the braille
>>> letters that they will fit on the dog bone buttons.  My favorite part of
>>> this toy is that there is a game segment where the child pushes the 
>>> letter
>>> and the game says the letter and then the letter sound, so it teaches
>>> phonics while providing a single switch, cause and effect lesson.  There
>>> is
>>> also music and a letter search component.  It is a great teaching tool 
>>> and
>>> toy at the same time.  I know my son is going to love it because it
>>> incorporates all the things that he likes:  music; single switch/button
>>> cause and effect; and talks to him.
>>>
>>>    I also found a pair of sturdy head phones made by Fisher Price that
>>> automatically adjust the volume, so as not too hurt little ones 
>>> developing
>>> ears.
>>>
>>>    If anyone has seen a great toy for visually impaired/blind children,
>>> I'd love to hear about it.
>>>
>>> Blessings and have a great Christmas Season.
>>> Sue H.
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