[blparent] EXTERNAL:Re: Gift Suggestions for a 9-year-old?

[Deborah Kent Stein]

Velcro is also great for adapting board games.  Put a piece on the game 
square and the matching piece on the bottom of the "men" that move around 
the board.  Cards can be Brailled.  You can also use clear dymo tape to mark 
various places on the board.

Debbie

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Pickrell, Rebecca M (TASC)" <REBECCA.PICKRELL at tasc.com>
To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2010 8:28 AM
Subject: Re: [blparent] EXTERNAL:Re: Gift Suggestions for a 9-year-old?


> Bboard and card games are easy, what does he like? Independent Living
> Aids sells some and I think the NFB market does too.
> I'd start by finding out what he's interested in playing and go from
> there, v. finding out what's out there.
> You can also make games accessible too with clear tape so you can feel
> the spaces but others can see it, and also by putting hot glue on pieces
> that look different like chess pieces. The glue cools down so you have
> abump, you don't actually touch hot glue when you play.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org]
> On Behalf Of Peggy Shald
> Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2010 9:01 AM
> To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
> Subject: EXTERNAL:Re: [blparent] Gift Suggestions for a 9-year-old?
>
> It's hard when they get a little older because what they want to play
> and
> what's out there that's accessable aren't the same.  They do make
> braille
> monopoloy ... which my ten year old loves to play.  There's also braille
>
> scrable.  You'd have to do a google search to find out where to get
> them, I
> haven't bought them for a long time ... and they are kind of expensive.
> My
> son still likes uno, which is easy to braille.  I'll try to think of
> some
> more suggestions and let you know.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Allison
> Sent: Monday, November 08, 2010 9:55 PM
> To: blparent at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [blparent] Gift Suggestions for a 9-year-old?
>
> Hi Everyone,
>
> My name's Allison and I was on this list six months or so ago.  I took a
>
> break because I've been incredibly busy.  But I missed the great advice
> and
> suggestions I got from everyone so I re-subscribed.
>
> Anyway, onto the main point of my post.  My stepson, Nathaniel, turns 9
> at
> the end of this month.  He's sighted and I'm blind.  I'm searching out
> fun
> and accessible gifts for him.  We have a couple of tactile games
> already,
> like Uno and Connect 4, but he's getting kinda too old for those.
> They're
> not as exciting for him as they once were.  I've gotten him a couple
> gifts
> already, but I'm looking for more suggestions.  Especially in terms of
> games
> that we can play together.  I'm looking for board, card, or computer
> games.
> He likes any of those.  I really don't know of a lot of games that
> someone
> blind and someone sighted can play together.  I'd appreciate suggestions
>
> from you guys.
>
> Thanks,
> Allison
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