[blparent] Coloring with your sighted children

[Anjelina]

I recall
www.blindcooltech.com
Has podcasts about making Braille pictures. The NFB Krafterss devision list may  also have useful info
Hth

Anjelina
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On Jan 9, 2012, at 9:09 AM, "Jennifer Jackson" <jennifer_jackson at cox.net> wrote:

> I am sorry that I do not have a source for this, but several years ago one
> of the Braille stores had a book of directions for using the Braille writer
> to make a variety of designs. Some of it seemed pretty obvious, but why
> reinvent the wheel every time. :) I know there where Christmas trees and
> presents with bows in the designs, but I do not remember any other
> specifics.
> 
> I remember thinking that this might be a fun way to participate with my kids
> in making cards for thank you notes, and for making my own coloring pages.
> 
> If anyone has a source for something like that, will you please share it
> with the list. I lost the info in a computer crash and had forgotten about
> it until I read Joe Elizabeth's post. 
> 
> Jennifer
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Jo Elizabeth Pinto
> Sent: Sunday, January 08, 2012 8:17 PM
> To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [blparent] Coloring with your sighted children
> 
> 
> There are a couple of tactile coloring books on the NFB Web site.  I bought 
> two of them but haven't tried them with Sarah yet because they're kind of 
> expensive, and I don't want her to scribble all over them before she has 
> some idea of what she's doing.  I don't know if it would work or not, but 
> when I used to sew, I would trace simple patterns on heavy paper with a 
> sewing wheel, and I could then feel where to cut, or color, that would work 
> as well.  Also, if you have a Perkins brailler, you can make your own 
> tactile shapes and patterns to color, using especially the letter c and the 
> letter l.  Straightforward squares and rectangles are the best to start 
> with.
> 
> Jo Elizabeth
> 
> "How far you go in life depends on you being tender with the young, 
> compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant of 
> the weak and the strong.  Because someday in life you will have been all of 
> these."--George Washington Carver, 1864-1943, American scientist
> 
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Miranda B." <knownoflove at gmail.com>
> Sent: Sunday, January 08, 2012 3:31 PM
> To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: [blparent] Coloring with your sighted children
> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> I'm wondering if anyone knows of any place I can get crayons that are
>> pre-marked in Braille? If not, what do you do to be able to identify 
>> crayon
>> colors when coloring with your sighted child? I also know the Independence
>> Market used to have tactile coloring books. Are these still available? Are
>> there any other ideas for tactile pictures to use with your child? My
>> husband and I are both Blind, and finding someone sighted to put tactile
>> markings on pictures is not a feseable option.
>> 
>> Thanks, and have a great week!
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> In Christ, Miranda
>> 
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