[blindkid] Books and Imaginative Play

Deborah Kent Stein dkent5817 at att.net
Wed Oct 19 01:54:06 UTC 2011



NLS has a page on their website called Kids' Zone with a lot of 
recommendations of books that are in the collection.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Phouka" <Phouka at kc.rr.com>
To: <blindkid at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2011 7:30 PM
Subject: Re: [blindkid] Books and Imaginative Play


> (I get posts in Digest form-I thought I'd respond to two messages at once.
> Hope that's ok!)
>
>
>
> Books:
>
> Rick Riordian's Percy Jackson and the Olympians series rocks-the first 
> book
> is Percy Jackson and the Lightening Thief.  I also liked just about
> everything Roald Dahl wrote-The BFG is a personal favorite.  I'm terrible 
> at
> putting books by age range/reading level, though, so I can't swear that
> they're the right reading level for your little boy.  I would recommend
> getting to know the children's librarians at your local library.  If you
> find a good one (I've been blessed to know many good ones over the 
> years-and
> there's usually at least one at every library), s/he will be able to
> recommend books that are perfect for your little guy; you'd then be able 
> to
> look for those books in Braille for him to read for the contest.  Also, 
> you
> might get lucky and get a few free books that way-Miss Sunny, the head of
> our local library's children's department, has given us a few Braille-only
> books that she's received as free samples from booksellers.
>
>
>
> Imaginative Play:
>
> Sometimes, it works to add an imaginative element to other types of play.
> Eddie and I spent a few hours this afternoon building chairs for Cookie
> Monster (he has a small stuffed toy one) out of his Braille blocks; we've
> spent time other days building castles in his sandbox or using sticks as
> walking sticks or fishing poles or canes.  It's not playing with a doll
> house or pretending to be a doctor, but it's a start.  It might be worth a
> shot for Jack, too.
>
>
>
> In general:
>
> Thanks for all the responses to my earlier post!  I really appreciate your
> insight, both on and off-list.
>
>
>
> Have a great day!
>
> Mary
>
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