[NFB-Utah] New Braille Games and Literacy Online Shop Open

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Good Morning Friends,

 

Feel free to share!

 

New Braille Games and Literacy Shop Open

 

Steven and Sarah Erb are sighted parents of a 10 year old who is blind from birth. They learned the braille code alongside their child so they could adapt their library of children’s books. While participating within the blind community and their child’s education, they noticed a lack of play-based braille materials and games that use size and spacing of braille that meets BANA’s standards.

 

In 2023, they started Unicorn Soda Design Studios to create durable braille manipulatives and tactile learning aids in order to make them available for other families to learn braille alongside their child and play games together, for schools to purchase for their students, and for any individual of any age and level of vision to learn and play with braille.

 

They have employed their 10 year old to help in assembly, quality control, and her favorite, beta testing products. As promoters of braille literacy, Unicorn Sofa Design supports that it is possible for every child in the U.S. to experience an inclusive education that facilitates not only literacy, but also self-sufficiency and independent living skills by knowing how to use the tools and resources available to them.

 

Here’s an invitation to you, from Unicorn Soda Design’s and production team:

 

Feel free to peruse the items on our  <http://UnicornSodaDesignStudio.com> website, give input, and ask questions if you have them.

 

Additionally, let us know if there are products you do not see available in our shop that you’d like us to create that would be helpful for the blind community.

 

The products we are currently developing will be available in our shop by mid-September.

These products are:

Magnetic chess, Checkers, and Backgammon

 

Thank you for sharing the love of braille!

 

Sincerely,


Steven & Sarah Erb          

Unicorn Soda Design Studios

UnicornSodaDesignStudio.com

 <mailto:UnicornSodaDesign at gmail.com> UnicornSodaDesign at gmail.com

Salt Lake City, UT

801-556-6649