[blindkid] Washington DC for 9yo

[Kasondra Payne]

Heather,

Maybe, this is just me being an American,, but what is knots and crosses?  Thanks.  

Kasondra Payne

-----Original Message-----
From: H. Field <missheather at comcast.net>
Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2008 6:16 PM
To: blindkid at nfbnet.org
Subject: Re: [blindkid] Washington DC for 9yo

Hi Tene,

 Firstly, let your child know that they have a responsibility to bring
 things along to entertain themselves. It will be quite boring quite a
 bit of the time and your child needs to plan how they will amuse
 themselves.

 Choose a backpak that will go everywhere, everyday. Then help your
 child select activities to take in the backpack. A couple of good
 braille books are my top suggestion. After that, perhaps a game of
 solitaire, a game of naughts and crosses and some 3-dimensional
 puzzles.
www.futureaids.com
 has quite a few puzzles under $10. They also have several small
 devices/games that you use to practise making braille letters and
 words and/or sentences. Again, not expensive. Their shipping is also
 prompt. a note-book and some scissors to use in paper folding and
 cutting practice and experiments is also fun.

 An MP3 player with some books to listen to. Perhaps you could borrow a
 kids quiz and/or puzzle or joke and riddle books from the braille
 library as well.

 The main thing is that you and your child realise that their will be
 lots of time for a bored 9-year-old to use. Plan to take plenty of
 things to do to fill it up. Tell your child that it is their own fault
 if they get there and are bored for lack of bringing the right things
 to do.

 Regards,

 Heather Field----- Original Message ----
 From: "Tene Gibson" <g_tene305 at yahoo.com>
 To: "(for parents of blind children) NFBnet Blind Kid Mailing List"
 <blindkid at nfbnet.org>; "BVI-parents" <bvi-parents at yahoogroups.com>
 Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2008 1:12 PM
 Subject: [blindkid] Washington DC for 9yo


 Hello All,

 Need tips on how to make DC (during inauguration) a pleasant trip for
 Na'im ( 9yo with ONA/light perception only). We will be doing tours,
 parade, and hopefully sitting on the mall listening to the
 inauguration. Any suggestions besides plenty of Tylenol or Motrin?

 Tene



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