[blparent] Talking Crayons

[Jo Elizabeth Pinto]

Hi.  Sarah got a set of the talking crayons that were discussed on this list.  She found them in her Christmas stocking.  When you put a crayon into the module, Dora the Explorer tells the color in English and Spanish, spells it, and also names some things that are the color in question.  The only thing is, there's no braille on the crayons, which the NFB catalog said there would be.  I don't know where to send comments or suggestions about the catalog, but the description should probably be changed.  Still, Sarah found lots of great stuff in her stocking--Elmo bubble bath and soap paints for the tub, a chocolate penguin, a candy cane, and a kaleidoscope.  We had a great time on Christmas morning.  At two, Sarah was just getting the idea about Santa Claus--actually, she was worried that my guide dog would bark at him if he tried to come into our house in the night.

Jo Elizabeth

"Some people see things as they are and ask why.  I dream things that never were and ask why not."--Robert F. Kennedy