[blparent] games

[Star Gazer]

And I always thought Twister was the domain of middle school students:)

-----Original Message-----
From: blparent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Jo
Elizabeth Pinto
Sent: Friday, February 7, 2014 8:13 PM
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Twister is beyond my capabilities!  *Smile.*  But your younger kids are
about the right age for Hi Ho Cherrio and Crocodile Dentist, counting games
like that.  The spinner in Cherrio is not accessible. I had planned to
braille the numbers one through three and the words "dog" and "bird" with
labeling tape and stick them on the cardboard surface at the right points
around the spinner, which would have been easy enough to do.  But I never
got around to it because even before my daughter could read, she'd see the
pictures of the cherry-stealing bird and dog and be more than ready to tell
me I had to take cherries out of my bucket and put them back on my tree, and
she could recognize the numbers and tell me how many cherries I could pick
when I spun and landed on one.  Those games for young kids are very
inexpensive at Target and Wal-Mart.  I think we paid $7.99 for Trouble and
$6.99 for Hi Ho Cherrio.

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: Michael Baldwin
Sent: Friday, February 07, 2014 6:00 PM
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I think that would be pretty humorous. Fat old dad playing twister with
girls that are in gymnastics.

Michael

-----Original Message-----
From: blparent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Erin Rumer
Sent: Friday, February 07, 2014 11:08
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Hello Michael,

Twister is another one that would be fun to do with your youngster and easy
to make accessible as well by taping or gluing a specific texture to each
color.  Great exercise too! Smiling!  Can't beat a game that allows us to
play with our kids while getting our gym time in to boot! LOL!

Erin

-----Original Message-----
From: blparent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Michael
Baldwin
Sent: Friday, February 07, 2014 9:02 AM
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Thanks for the suggestions, I'll add them to my list to check out.

Michael
-----Original Message-----
From: blparent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Jo
Elizabeth Pinto
Sent: Friday, February 07, 2014 10:30
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Subject: Re: [blparent] games

Trouble is a good game, if your kids are reliable enough with numbers and
colors to help you out a bit.  My daughter and I play a lot, and she just
reads the numbers inside the bubble when it's my turn to push it down.  You
push the bubble to roll the dice, which are inside it.  Then, since all the
pegs are shaped the same but different colors, she reminds me which are mine
if I need help.  But you could glue different tops on the pegs if you wanted
to take the time--round shapes for one color, square for another, etc.  I
just haven't because with only two players, it seems easy enough to
cooperate.  If you had four players, you might want more independence.

Other off-the-shelf games we like that I haven't had to change for
accessibility are Simon, Bop-It, Perfection, Operation, Don't Rock the Boat,
Mr. Mouth, Hungry Hippos, Don't Break the Ice, and Chickyboom, which is a
kids' version of the balance game Jenga.  Some of them you can find on store
shelves, some you might have to go on Amazon, but we have fun with all of
them, and they all teach different skills.  We also do a memory game with a
set of rhyming word flash cards I bought on BRL, the Beullah Reimer Legacy,
that has proved to be a lot of fun.

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: Michael Baldwin
Sent: Friday, February 07, 2014 8:55 AM
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Subject: [blparent] games

what games do you play with your kids? We play a lot of Uno, but that is
because we have that in Braille. I am wanting to get some different games to
play. I don't want to pay the high prices of games that are already made
accessible either. I was thinking of some of my favorite ones as a kid, like
connect four, Checkers, Battle Ship, etc. They should be very easy to make
accessible for blind dad. My kids are seven, five, and three now. next
weekend we will actually be in a town large enough to do some shopping for
my seven year old's gymnastics meet. I figured it would be a good time to
pick a few different ones up.

Michael
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