[blparent] Print and Braille letters

[Brandy W]

If you find a talking lower case letter puzzle you would be a great treasure
hunter for sure! I can look up the name for you, but I found one I like but
it doesn't talk. I have to do it with the kids so we name the letters
together. This is fine, but I love that reinforcement whenever they do the
puzzle with or without me. There is a huge deficit in the toy industry of
lowercase alphabet toys and puzzles. This is backwards to me since we read
far more lowercase letters every day. I'm always looking for new lowercase
toys. I have the learning resources cookie jar letters, the puzzle I named,
the leapfrog word wammer, and sadly that may be it besides magnetic letters.
O I have the spelling puzzles by Melissa and Doug and those are lower case
too, but they are only about 10 words or something like that.

Bran
 



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a spark." 
- Victor Hugo 

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-----Original Message-----
From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Jo Elizabeth Pinto
Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2012 12:50 AM
To: Blind Parents Mailing List
Subject: Re: [blparent] Print and Braille letters

Yes, they're Melissa and Doug puzzles.  Now that I realize that, I probably
could have found a better price elsewhere on the Web.  But anyway, they're
really nicely made, and my daughter is very interested in them, at least for
the moment.  I got the US map primarily because I was having a hard time
explaining what a state was to her.  Also, she may soon be making a trip to
see her dad's ailing parents in Michigan, so I wanted to have a way to show
her where Michigan is, since I may not travel with her.  But after only 24
hours, she can recognize many of the states and put together perhaps a third
of the map border.  As I said, my only complaint is that shuffling the
pieces around or blocking the light with her hands will set the puzzle
rattling off state names she isn't trying to put in.  Overall, I'm really
impressed, and I would recommend the number and letter puzzles for any blind
parent to use as teaching aids.  I want to look and see if I can find one
with lowercase letters as well.

Jo Elizabeth

I am somehow less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's 
brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and 
died in cotton fields and sweatshops.--Stephen Jay Gould
-----Original Message----- 
From: Brandy W
Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2012 8:27 PM
To: 'Blind Parents Mailing List'
Subject: Re: [blparent] Print and Braille letters

Are these the Melissa and doug talking puzzles? I didn't know there was a
state one. That is awesome!



"To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out is
a spark."
- Victor Hugo

Brandy Wojcik  Discovery Toys Educational Consultant and Team leader
(512) 689-5045
www.playtoachieve.com
Follow me on Face Book at
http://www.facebook.com/PlayToAchieve.DiscoveryToys

Read my new blog at www.playtoachieveballstobooks.wordpress.com

Looking forward to helping you with your educational toy needs!


-----Original Message-----
From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Jo Elizabeth Pinto
Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2012 10:23 PM
To: Blind Parents Mailing List
Subject: Re: [blparent] Print and Braille letters

I just ordered the letter and number puzzles, and the US map puzzle, from
Blind Mice Mega Mall.  The puzzles came today.  They're well made and pretty
cute, and my daughter is fascinated with them.  When you put a piece in, the
puzzle talks, so it's good for teaching letters and numbers.  On the letter
puzzle, each letter piece has a picture under it of something that starts
with that letter.  The state puzzle has pictures on some of the pieces,
too--apples for Washington, potatoes for Idaho, a polar bear for Alaska, a
pineapple for Hawaii, the Golden Gate Bridge for California, etc.  The only
problem I've encountered with the puzzles is that sometimes they talk when
they aren't supposed to because they talk when light is blocked.  So on her
way to put California in, the puzzle announces Colorado, Utah, Nevada, and
New Mexico.  That's kind of confusing.

Jo Elizabeth

I am somehow less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's
brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and
died in cotton fields and sweatshops.--Stephen Jay Gould -----Original
Message-----
From: Agnes Steinhoff
Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2012 8:12 PM
To: Blind Parents Mailing List
Subject: [blparent] Print and Braille letters

Hi Dianna:

A friend of mine had introduced me to a website called www.seedlings.org.
There you can find books that are in print/braille that are either
contracted braille or uncontracted braille.  They range from 5 dollars to 10
or 11 dollars.  I saw an alphabet book on there.  Or you can also go onto
www.nbp.org.  They also have books in both print and braille.  their prices
are also very reasonable.  I hope this helps.

Agnes
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