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

[Peggy Shald]

I also got a game called say what or something like that, it needs no 
brailling ... it comes with five balls and gives you a phrase and you have 
to put the balls in that order, my son likes that one.  There's also O 
Henry, which talks.  Brain Buster, it's like Simon except you have to turn 
the ball until the right color or number is facing up, I just took clear 
labeling tape and wrote the numbers and colors on there ... I like the 
suggestions people on here have made with the hot glue and the velcro, I'm 
going to sit down with my kids this week and go through our games and see 
which ones we have that we can label like that, I'll let you know how it 
goes.



-----Original Message----- 
From: Allison
Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2010 9:03 PM
To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
Subject: Re: [blparent] Gift Suggestions for a 9-year-old?


Thanks all for the suggestions.  We do have Monopoly and Scrabble already.
He doesn't really like Scrabble yet but Monopoly is a favorite.

I keep hearing from everyone that most board games are easy to label.  Can
you all give suggestions for which ones specifically are easy to Braille?
My boyfriend and I looked around the game section at Walmart the other day
but weren't sure which ones would be Braillable.  I
thought of Clue, but I'm not sure how to Braille it.  The same is true for
Careers, Pay Day, Scattergories, Guess Who, etc.  I'd love some
recommendations or labeling success sstories.

I'll look for the Backgammon and Bop-it games that others suggested.  I like
those ideas.  I'll start browsing the suggested websites too.

Thanks everyone and keep the suggestions coming if you can.

Allison:
Proud stepmom to Nathaniel, student of the month for September and October
2010! Skyview elementary.


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