[blparent] Coloring with your sighted children

Mon Jan 9 17:08:31 UTC 2012

Well, dang, I only meant about coloring, I wasn't talking about the broader 
subject of conformity versus originality.

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

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From: "Pipi" <blahblahblah0822 at gmail.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 08, 2012 9:00 PM
To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [blparent] Coloring with your sighted children

> Jennifer,
> This is a beautiful post.
> I just had to say that.
> Thank you.
> Pipi
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jennifer Jackson" <jennifer_jackson at cox.net>
> To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Monday, January 09, 2012 7:52 AM
> Subject: Re: [blparent] Coloring with your sighted children
>
>
>> My bigger worry is teaching my kids that you do not have to color in the
>> lines. The world is full of people who will teach them that they have to
>> color in the lines, I want them to know when it matters and how to know 
>> that
>> for themselves.
>>
>>
>> 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 8:09 PM
>> To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
>> Subject: Re: [blparent] Coloring with your sighted children
>>
>> It won't be long till your kids are telling you the color of things.  My
>> daughter likes pink and purple and will pick those colors out.  She knows
>> that a red traffic light means stop and a green one means go, yellow 
>> means
>> slow down.  I think what helped with her was that she had a Pooh Bear toy
>> that would announce the colors of the characters when you pressed their
>> corresponding keys.
>>
>> My bigger worry is teaching kids how to color inside the lines.
>>
>> 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: "Jennifer Jackson" <jennifer_jackson at cox.net>
>> Sent: Monday, January 09, 2012 5:48 AM
>> To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
>> Subject: Re: [blparent] Coloring with your sighted children
>>
>>> They make scented crayons if you want to spend the extra. I never 
>>> worried
>>> to
>>> much about identifying the colors and all my kids managed to figure it
>>> out.
>>> If I knew the color of something I used it, but did not let it be a 
>>> worry.
>>> My kids are all very artistic and love color too.
>>>
>>> I think all parents have areas we are weak in and the best we can do is
>>> fill
>>> their minds with as much knowledge and beauty as possible.
>>>
>>>
>>> Jennifer
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] 
>>> On
>>> Behalf Of Pipi
>>> Sent: Sunday, January 08, 2012 6:35 PM
>>> To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
>>> Subject: Re: [blparent] Coloring with your sighted children
>>>
>>> do you have a color identifier? that would be a way to tell which crayon
>>> is
>>> which. i'm not sure if they make braille crayons.
>>> Pipi
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "Miranda B." <knownoflove at gmail.com>
>>> To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Sunday, January 08, 2012 4:31 PM
>>> 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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