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

[Veronica Smith]

Oh, I love it, can I play? v

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From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of David Andrews
Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2010 8:24 PM
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Subject: Re: [blparent] Gift Suggestions for a 9-year-old?

I have been playing a game with my kids -- they are both sighted, and
I am blind.  They are 7 and 8 so near yours.  It is called
headbands.  Each of you puts on a headband and there is a slot to
hold a card in the front.  You put a card up there, so everyone else
can see it -- but you can't.  Each card has a picture of an animal or
object.  Each of my kids whispers in my ear, what is on the other
kids card.  You then take turns guessing what is on your card, you
can ask questions like, is it alive, is it made of metal, etc., then
you guess.  There is an hour-glass type timer that you turn for each
person so you can get a few questions in.

As long as you have an odd number of people, sighted and blind can
play, and I didn't have to mark or anything.

Dave

At 09:55 PM 11/8/2010, you wrote:
>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

                         David Andrews:  dandrews at visi.com
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