[blparent] fun stuff for boys

Tue Dec 15 12:10:44 UTC 2009

I'll take a look at it, and thanks for suggesting it for us. Deven is 10, 
but he's still behaving and learning from an 8 year old perspective. Some 
things though he is super smart with and very coordinated if it keeps his 
attention.

Rhonda

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From: "Allison (NFBA)" <nfbarizona at gmail.com>
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Ronda,

Maybe Deven would like a game called Freeze Up.  It's a little like
Scatergories, but it's electronic and self-voicing.  I got it for my little
guy, but it's a bit difficult for him yet.  The box says 8 and up, but he
only just turned 8.  He still has fun playing with it though.  Anyway, since
Deven is a little older than mine, perhaps Freeze Up would be something he'd
like.  I got our game from Amazon for $24-ish, and Independent Living Aides
sells it too.

HTH,
Allison

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From: "Rhonda Scott" <earthmagic7 at sbcglobal.net>
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Sent: Saturday, December 12, 2009 9:39 AM
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> I'm thinking of Braille Monopoly too. Deven says he enjoys math, and that
> would help him practice. It's a good game for the whole family. I have a
> scrabble, but he gets frustrated trying to spell and sound out words for a
> long period of time. Maybe Connect 4, and I got us some Braille playing
> cards, so Go Fish and any other games we can play using cards.
>
> Rhonda
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Eileen Levin" <eileenlevin at comcast.net>
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> Sent: Saturday, December 12, 2009 10:38 AM
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>
> I did find a Braille monopoly game it was $60 but worth the money.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Leanne Merren
> Sent: Friday, December 11, 2009 12:32 AM
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> If you want to get a ball without bells, I would get a soft basketball or
> some sort of rubber bouncy ball and bounce it back and forth on a hard
> floor.  Mason and I play catch with basketballs, because if he bounces it
> once I can hold out my hands and usually catch it.  But the nerf balls
> don't
>
> make any noise at all so unless he hits you right in the chest you might
> have a hard time catching those.
> Have you thought about trying Jenga or Dominos?  We love games like that.
> Yatsi is a good one, and so is monopoly.  I used to play monopoly with my
> cousins and I would just keep my money separated into piles by bills.
> It's
> a lot of decision making and not a lot of moves.  But I also bought Mason
> the chess/checker board and pieces so we can play either of those
> together.
> My kids are really into the thinking games right now like outburst junior
> and scattergories.  They love trivia games too.  Mason does all the
> reading
> but we can all participate so it works for our family.
> Those are some of the things we do on our family night.  I'm getting Mason
> an air hockey table for Christmas this year because we love to try to play
> that with him.  He wins a lot but it's fun to try to block his shots and
> that's the challenge he finds in it. *smile*
> Leanne
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>
>> Thanks all for suggestions.
>>
>> Are the nurf balls still fun (and safe) for us to play with if they don't
>> have bells in them?  Has anyone tried this?
>>
>> I'll check out the discovery toys link.  Does anyone have specific
>> suggestions in terms of discovery toys?  I feel a little overwhelmed by
>> all the choices.  Also I need something fairly high action to hold the
>> little guy's interest.  He's used to the fast-paced nature of World of
>> Warcraft and Wii games.  He's a smart kid though.  Grade level in reading
>> and a grade ahead in math.
>>
>> We do have Braille cards that we play Go Fish and War with.  He loves Go
>> Fish.  We have Uno too but he gets bored quickly with that because the
>> games can run so long.  We also have the Freeze-up talking category game
>> that he loved for like a week and now never looks at.  *sigh*.  This
>> feels
>
>> so complicated.
>>
>> Thanks again,
>> Allison
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Veronica Smith" <madison_tewe at spinn.net>
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>> Sent: Wednesday, December 09, 2009 7:35 PM
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>>
>>
>>>I was at Walmart today and scooping out the toy section and saw some
>>>really
>>> cool stuff that an 8 year old would love.
>>> Fur Real Friends had a dinosaur.  You put your hand or finger in its
>>> mough
>>> and it bites down on you and makes a sound like it is eating your hand.
>>> They also had dogs and cats, monkeys and other critters.
>>> They have Nerf balls and basketball rims and of course my absolute
>>> favorite
>>> Hot Wheel sets.  These are all the things I love to play with, with Gab.
>>> You can be sighted or blind and have a great time with your imagination.
>>> Alison, you can also buy regular playing cars that are Braille and play
>>> games like Go Fish, Crazy Eights and of course War.
>>> V
>>>
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