[blparent] Gifts for Ten Year Old

[Louise Walch]

Great suggestions thus far. As others have said, you can adapt many board 
games yourself. One in particular is travel scrabble. The travel scrabble 
pieces fit into the board so they don't move when you feel them and they are 
just about the right size for putting dimo tape letters on the pieces.

Also, the Bop-it games are great for sighted and blind alike and there are 
several versions. You can play in groups or by yourself. It's kind of like a 
Simon Says game where the gadget says "bop it" "pull it" or "twist it"etc. 
and you have to push, pull or twist the different buttons or levers in time 
with the beat. It's pretty fun. Heck, I might dig it out of the closet this 
afternoon since it's not just fun for kids.

Louise

Louise G. Walch
NBPCB Coordinator
braille at nbpcb.org
www.nbpcb.org
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Deborah Kent Stein" <dkent5817 at att.net>
To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2010 10:04 AM
Subject: Re: [blparent] Gifts for Ten Year Old


>
>
> 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
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>> 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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