[blparent] Talking Crayons

[Elizabeth Cooks]

I forgot about those.  I think I'll get some for Joshua next year.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jo Elizabeth Pinto" <jopinto at pcdesk.net>
To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, December 26, 2010 5:55 PM
Subject: [blparent] Talking Crayons


> 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
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