[blparent] Finding Educational Toys

[Elizabeth Cooks]

Try Playschool.  They have had letters and numbers and leters with Braille 
on them, and you can recognize the shapes of the letters and numbers.  i 
also one time had a puzzle that had the letter shapes and animals and other 
things imprinted on the lettters. ithought it was cool, but I don't know 
where it came from.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jo Elizabeth Pinto" <jopinto at pcdesk.net>
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Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2009 9:19 PM
Subject: Re: [blparent] Finding Educational Toys


> Hi.  Sarah has a couple of shape sorters and also a musical play table 
> that features shapes, colors, numbers, and letters as well as familiar 
> tunes.  I got some plastic letters, but I haven't been pleased with them 
> because they're fancier than just the basic alphabet that I can recognize. 
> Still, my baby girl is only a year old, and I haven't really stressed 
> about teaching her anything.  I would encourage you to remember that 
> concepts such as shape and color recognition will come soon enough, but 
> just spending time playing with your baby, even if it's with wooden spoons 
> and plastic cups or other household objects, and cuddling, is most 
> important.
>
> Jo Elizabeth
>
> "Don't throw away the old bucket until you know whether the new one holds 
> water."--Swedish proverb
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jennifer Bazer" <jhipp25 at sc.rr.com>
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> Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2009 7:18 PM
> Subject: Re: [blparent] Finding Educational Toys
>
>
>> Alex,
>>
>> Thank you and all members for the responses on educational toys.  The
>> feedback has been very helpful.  I cannot wait to teach my child.
>>
>> Thank you again!
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>> Behalf Of Alex
>> Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2009 8:55 PM
>> To: blparent at nfbnet.org
>> Subject: [blparent] Finding Educational Toys
>>
>> Hello!  I have found the Leap Frog line to be very good at teaching 
>> colors,
>> shapes, and letters.  I particularly liked the Frij Farm, Frij Alphabet, 
>> and
>> Frij Word Wammer.  The letters for the Frij Alphabet and Word Wammer are
>> raised.  They are also different colors.  When the child is ready to 
>> build 3
>> letter words with the Word Wammer, the toy prompts by giving clues about 
>> the
>> letter.  One of the clues is the color of the letter block.  With the way
>> these go into the slots the letters are self correcting.
>> I also liked the Melisa and Doug toys, particularly puzzles.  They make 
>> lots
>> of wooden toys, which are mostly quiet.  We have the zoo animals, pets, 
>> and
>> transportation puzzles, which also make sounds when the pieces are fitted
>> into the puzzle.  I labeled these in Braille, so we could talk about them
>> when the pieces were not in the puzzle.  We also have the Melissa and 
>> Doug
>> wooden clock.  This toy is tactile, so I can change the time, but it also
>> offers a lot of visual interest for my sighted child (differently 
>> colored,
>> removable shapes for each number on the dial).
>> The Technology Access Center in this area will adapt toys around 
>> christmas
>> time, so if you cannot find already adapted toys or someone who can 
>> assist
>> you in adapting them, maybe contacting such a center would be benefitial.
>> I hope this helps.
>>
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