[blparent] Talking Crayons

[Jo Elizabeth Pinto]

Sarah thinks the crayons are pretty cool.  She hasn't colored with them, but 
she can find the colors Dora asks for.  She needs help putting them into the 
module.  The funny thing is, if you put the wrong color in, Dora just tells 
you to try again, and she won't sing her song or anything.  That exasperated 
Sarah because she wanted to be the one who decided which color to hear 
about.  That kid doesn't like to be told what to do, especially by Dora's 
voice out of a little speaker!

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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From: "Elizabeth Cooks" <elizabethcooks at comcast.net>
Sent: Sunday, December 26, 2010 8:48 PM
To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [blparent] Talking Crayons

> 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
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>> 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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