Ok, you all now have my curiosity. What is connect four? From what you say it may be something that Christian and I can play. I have been planning on playing chess with him and building a Braille checkerboard. If this connect four can be modified so easily it may jump to the top of the list. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jennifer Jackson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, September 07, 2008 9:53 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] grandson's request for an idea
Victor, I can help with this. You use the regular inexpensive connect four game and you mark the pieces of one color by filling in the centers with hot glue. A friend of mine runs a rec center and we had one of her community service kids do this and it works really well. If you are not concerned about perfection I think anyone can do it and I bet you and your daughter could do it together. Though you might want to use what they call a warm melt rather than a hot melt glue gun. you can even get the glue with glitter. Little girls love glitter. :) Jennifer ----- Original Message ----- From: "Victor Gouveia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, September 07, 2008 8:05 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] grandson's request for an idea > Hi Lenny, > > Not sure if this is beyond your scope or not, but while talking to a > friend > of mine, who's been blind a lot longer than I have been, she mentioned > that > there used to be a blind tactile version of the game, Connect Four, where > there were rods, instead of the traditional slots, and the checker pieces > had various designs to distinguish them between each other, so you could > tell the reds from the blacks, and there were holes drilled out of the > center of the checker pieces, to facilitate them sliding onto the rods. > > I thought it was neat when I heard of it, because my 6 year-old daughter > is > always asking me to play connect Four with her, and I'm constantly telling > her that daddy can't because he can't see, and the pieces look too much > like > each other. > > Sure, I could probably make them accessible in some way, just haven't > gotten > around to it, but like I said, that accessible version looks really neat, > and if I had the wherewithal, I would take it on myself, but alas, lack of > money, and the proper woodworking tools just don't allow for it. > > > Victor > Co-moderator > Blind Movie Buffs List > Guidedogs List > > > ------------------------------------ > > Send any questions regarding list management to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To listen to the show archives go to link > http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=33&MMN_position=47:29 > Or > ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ > > The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. > http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday > > Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various > List Members At The Following address: > http://www.jaws-users.com/JAWS/handyman/ > > Visit the archives page at the following address > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > If you would like to join the JAWS Users List, then visit the following > address for more information: > http://www.jaws-users.com/ > For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man > list just send a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Groups Links > > > > ------------------------------------ Send any questions regarding list management to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To listen to the show archives go to link http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=33&MMN_position=47:29 Or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following address: http://www.jaws-users.com/JAWS/handyman/ Visit the archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ If you would like to join the JAWS Users List, then visit the following address for more information: http://www.jaws-users.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Groups Links __________ NOD32 3424 (20080907) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com ------------------------------------ Send any questions regarding list management to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To listen to the show archives go to link http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=33&MMN_position=47:29 Or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following address: http://www.jaws-users.com/JAWS/handyman/ Visit the archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ If you would like to join the JAWS Users List, then visit the following address for more information: http://www.jaws-users.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/join (Yahoo! 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