Aloha Lenny, This is from the American Foundation for the Blind Web site: www.afb.org
They have lots of games and puzzles there. I've actually seen this game listed in many blindness related catalogues throughout my life, but never purchased it. Connect Four® Game Hasbro Games Games It's a vertical game of tic-tac-toe, but with a twistyou have to get four in a row! Take turns dropping checkers into place, and try to get four in a row in any directionwhile preventing your opponent from doing it first! Promotes tactile exploration and stimulates available vision. Also encourages social skills. Book $12.99 / 7+ / HI, DD At 05:44 PM 9/7/2008, you wrote: >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 > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
