[blparent] Educational tools/toys

[January Lifebook]

Melissa beat me to it.  I also sell Discovery Toys.  I can tell you without
a doubt that many of the Discovery Toys can be adapted for a blind parent.
These toys are exactly what you asked for: toys that are child-powered, not
battery powered.  They are nice classic toys!  If you haven't already, check
out her website!
Besides the ones that she mentioned, I'd like to add the Measure Up stacking
cups.  Each cup is numbered and the bottom of the cup has raised dots in the
bottom.  12 has 12 dots, 4 has 4 dats... If you fill the number 3 cup and
the number 5 cup with beans or rice, they will fill the number 8 cups
perfectly.  They are stacked in a 4 color pattern and they can be easily
labled with braille.

January

On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 2:03 PM, Melissa Ann Riccobono
<melissa at riccobono.us>wrote:

> Discovery Toys has a great Giant Peg Board that has 5 different shaped pegs
> in five different colors, and the board itself is yellow.  You can
> definitely label the colors of the pegs in Braille, and you can also talk
> about the shapes.  The pegs can be stacked into towers, arranged in
> patterns, and the board itself has small posts on the back so you can use
> it
> as a geoboard with older children.  It's a wonderful toy--no batteries
> required!
>        Discovery Toys also has a fun game called Roll and Play.  It won't
> help much with shapes, but it comes with a large fabric dy with six
> different colors.  The child needs to roll the dy, pick a card of the same
> color as rolled on the dy, and then do the activity on the card.  These are
> simple things like hug a stuffed animal, knock on the door, say your name,
> have a tea party, etc.  It's a very fun, easy first game for kids between
> 18
> months and 3 or 4 years old.  Again, the shapes aren't covered, but the dy
> can easily be labeled using puffy paint arranged in Braille dots for the
> first letter of each color, or any other way that will distinguish the
> color
> for a blind parent or child.
>        There may be other toys Discovery Toys has that address shapes and
> colors, but I'm slightly drawing blank at this moment.  Also, our new
> catalog will be coming out on September 26, so we may have other products
> at
> that time.
>        You can check out my Discovery Toys website at
> http://www.discoverytoyslink.com/riccobono
>
> You can order toys online, and I'm happy to answer any questions you have
> about any of the products--I own lots of them!
> Feel free to email me off list at toys at riccobono.us any time.
> I hope this helps!
> Melissa
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Bridgit Pollpeter
> Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2011 2:20 PM
> To: blparent at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [blparent] Educational tools/toys
>
> Does anyone know of stores/websites offering accessible educational
> items for blind parents teaching sighted kids shapes, colors, letters,
> numbers, etc.? We've made items accessible, or have some things that
> don't require accessible modifications like shaped blocks, but I'm
> wondering if anyone has used a really great product that was accessible;
> or just any really great product that can be labeled or made accessible
> in some way. I prefer educational-based products and nothing electronic-
> I'm more old-fashioned when it comes to education! *smile*
>
> Sincerely,
> Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter
> Read my blog for Live Well Nebraska.com at
> http://blogs.livewellnebraska.com/author/bpollpeter/
>
>
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