[blparent] Gifts for Ten Year Old

[Deborah Kent Stein]

I have a magnetic backgammon game that we Brailled by marking the board with 
Dymo tape.  Because the board and the pieces are magnetized you can touch 
everything easily.

Debbie

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Melissa Ann Riccobono" <melissa at riccobono.us>
To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2010 8:39 AM
Subject: [blparent] Gifts for Ten Year Old


> Hello Alison,
>
> There are tons of card games out there.  http://www.braillebooks.com used 
> to
> have a whole book with rules for card games.  Maybe you could buy the book
> in Braille and then you could teach him some fun games; you could buy him 
> a
> print book with card games too and, even if it's not the same book, maybe 
> he
> could read you the rules for different games and you could play together.
> Cribbage is fun; it's a card game but you need a special board to keep
> score.  Backgamon is also challenging and you should be able to find an
> accessible one.  I think just browsing sites such as Independent Living
> Aids, the NFB independence market, the Braille Books site I mentioned, 
> which
> also sells games, and even Sopeak To Me will give you a lot of info about
> what's out there.
>
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