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

[Jo Elizabeth Pinto]

That sounds awesome!  Where did you get the game?

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From: "Veronica Smith" <madison_tewe at spinn.net>
Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2010 9:19 PM
To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [blparent] Gift Suggestions for a 9-year-old?

> Oh, I love it, can I play? v
>
> -----Original Message-----
> 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
> To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
> 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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