[blindkid] Books and Imaginative Play

Phouka Phouka at kc.rr.com
Wed Oct 19 00:30:24 UTC 2011


(I get posts in Digest form-I thought I'd respond to two messages at once.
Hope that's ok!)

 

Books:

Rick Riordian's Percy Jackson and the Olympians series rocks-the first book
is Percy Jackson and the Lightening Thief.  I also liked just about
everything Roald Dahl wrote-The BFG is a personal favorite.  I'm terrible at
putting books by age range/reading level, though, so I can't swear that
they're the right reading level for your little boy.  I would recommend
getting to know the children's librarians at your local library.  If you
find a good one (I've been blessed to know many good ones over the years-and
there's usually at least one at every library), s/he will be able to
recommend books that are perfect for your little guy; you'd then be able to
look for those books in Braille for him to read for the contest.  Also, you
might get lucky and get a few free books that way-Miss Sunny, the head of
our local library's children's department, has given us a few Braille-only
books that she's received as free samples from booksellers.  

 

Imaginative Play:

Sometimes, it works to add an imaginative element to other types of play.
Eddie and I spent a few hours this afternoon building chairs for Cookie
Monster (he has a small stuffed toy one) out of his Braille blocks; we've
spent time other days building castles in his sandbox or using sticks as
walking sticks or fishing poles or canes.  It's not playing with a doll
house or pretending to be a doctor, but it's a start.  It might be worth a
shot for Jack, too.

 

In general:

Thanks for all the responses to my earlier post!  I really appreciate your
insight, both on and off-list.

 

Have a great day!

Mary




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