[blparent] cool gifts?

[Jo Elizabeth Pinto]

VTech makes a lot of good accessible items.  We bought my daughter the 
Disney Princess Laptop for her third birthday.  We also have the item Gab is 
talking about.  It has raised letters that you push--one mode says the 
letter, one makes the sound, one asks which letter goes before or after, and 
one says a word that starts with each letter.




Jo Elizabeth

Truth is tough. It will not break, like a bubble, at a touch; nay, you may 
kick it about all day like a football, and it will be round and full at 
evening.--Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
-----Original Message----- 
From: Veronica Smith
Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2012 3:00 PM
To: 'Blind Parents Mailing List'
Subject: Re: [blparent] cool gifts?

Awesome!  We had a V tech thing when Gab was young and it actually had
Braille letters as well as the raised ones.

-----Original Message-----
From: blparent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Ronit
Ovadia Mazzoni
Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2012 2:41 PM
To: Blind Parents Mailing List
Subject: Re: [blparent] cool gifts?

We gave our son a VTech Alphabet train, he's obsessed with trains right now.
I wanted to mention it here because it turns out it's extra accessible and I
didn't even know it when we bought it.  IT comes with 13 blocks with letters
on them, two letters per block, but the letters are raised and very clear to
read by touch. I've found other tactile letters are not always easy, at
least for me, to read because they are written in a fancy font. Anyway this
is a perfect learning tool for me to help quiz my son on his letters. Plus
the ride on train is super fun and the sounds and little electronic book
that is on the train is fun and educational. If any of you have toddlers who
love trains, this is a winner. :) Ronit

On Dec 30, 2012, at 1:25 PM, "Veronica Smith" <madison_tewe at spinn.net>
wrote:

> Hello, hopefully you and your family had a great holiday.  So what
> kind of cool and nifty gifts did your kiddos come away with?
> Gab got a Brother's sewing machine which she is waiting patiently to
> try out.  Our tables are cluttered right now with Christmas
> decorations and the like, so there is no where to set her portable
> machine.  Santa left a large bean bag dorm chair and my friend gave
> her a guitar (hand me down)  She will soon meet up with her cousins
> from Florida on the 3rd and they will again exchange more gifts.  I
> guess you could say, Christmas day here is a long lasting event. Haha
> Anyway, what did you all give or get.
> V
>
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