[blparent] raised letter abc blocks

[Tay Laurie]

Lol! That'd be our kids..... Good thing I can finger-read those magnets.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jo Elizabeth Pinto" <jopinto at msn.com>
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Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2012 4:39 PM
Subject: Re: [blparent] raised letter abc blocks


> Yeah, my teenage stepson figured out some less than appropriate things to 
> spell out with those letters.  I didn't know till his dad saw the words on 
> the fridge.  Charming, eh?
>
> 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: "Tay Laurie" <j.t.laurie at gmail.com>
> Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2012 5:22 PM
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> Subject: Re: [blparent] raised letter abc blocks
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>> Just watch out for when someone spells "help" with the magnets. LOL, 
>> sorry.
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Pipi" <blahblahblah0822 at gmail.com>
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>> Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2012 3:17 PM
>> Subject: Re: [blparent] raised letter abc blocks
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>>
>>> it's called fridge phonics
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "Brandy W" <ballstobooks at gmail.com>
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>>> Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2012 5:08 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [blparent] raised letter abc blocks
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>>>
>>>> That is by leapfrog. I don't know the name of the single letter one, 
>>>> but the
>>>> 3 letter one is called word wammer.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled 
>>>> out is
>>>> 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: Sunday, March 25, 2012 6:06 PM
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>>>> Subject: Re: [blparent] raised letter abc blocks
>>>>
>>>> There's a great little set of magnetic letters that go on the fridge, 
>>>> plus a
>>>> box that you put a letter in and hear a song about the sound it makes. 
>>>> I'm
>>>> not sure what the name of the set is, but you could search for magnetic
>>>> phonics set on Amazon and you'll find it.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 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: "Ronit Ovadia Mazzoni" <rovadia82 at gmail.com>
>>>> Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2012 12:41 PM
>>>> To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
>>>> Subject: [blparent] raised letter abc blocks
>>>>
>>>>> Hi everyone,
>>>>> My son is still a bit young but I am looking for a set of blocks with
>>>>> the letters and numbers on them that are raised instead of just
>>>>> stamped on so I can feel the letters and help teach him his letters. I
>>>>> tried looking on amazon but the blocks I've found have the letters 
>>>>> stamped
>>>> or painted on.
>>>>> Does anyone have any recommendations fora product that you've used
>>>>> successfully?
>>>>> Thanks so much.
>>>>> Ronit
>>>>>
>>>>>
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