Last week the whole family had a wonderful day trip to Boston. happy boston As I have explained before Boston isn't really that far from us but we generally only get a chance to go a few times a year.happy boston
happy boston !!!
We went to National Braille Press and the Museum of Science. I will be talking about our Museum of Science visit in my next blog post.
Abby's first ever braille book was from National Braille Press. NBP has been there from almost the very start. I remember the excitement the book caused in the house. It was a regular print children's print book that has its binding removed (usually but not always) and braille added. We have a cabinet almost full of these books. happy boston They are beautiful. They generally release a new book every month as part of the Children's Braille Book Club http://www.nbp.org/ic/nbp/programs/cbbc/cbbc.html . They also offer many other titles for children. National Braille Press one of my favorite sources of braille.happy boston
happy boston I have known for years that NBP offer tours of their facilities and I have wanted to go for years. You can find out about how to book a tour your self here http://www.nbp.org/ic/nbp/aboutus/tour.html . happy boston The link also provides some information on the process of braille production.
So we parked near the science museum and than took the T (subway) to NBP. It was easy and fun way to get there. happy boston Its also great for Abby to get travel experience in a big city.
It was exciting when we got to the door because it was locked and you had ring the buzzer to get let in. happy boston But wait remember this is National Braille Press and on the door in braille was the directions to hit the buzzer. boston happy Abby read the door for us and hit the buzzer so we could be let in.
We were led into a conference room and encouraged to explore some of the titles that NBP sells. Abby loved Make Way for Ducklings and read a few pages whiles we waited. (its been added to our wish list) boston happy
happy boston !!!
We went to National Braille Press and the Museum of Science. I will be talking about our Museum of Science visit in my next blog post.
Abby's first ever braille book was from National Braille Press. NBP has been there from almost the very start. I remember the excitement the book caused in the house. It was a regular print children's print book that has its binding removed (usually but not always) and braille added. We have a cabinet almost full of these books. happy boston They are beautiful. They generally release a new book every month as part of the Children's Braille Book Club http://www.nbp.org/ic/nbp/programs/cbbc/cbbc.html . They also offer many other titles for children. National Braille Press one of my favorite sources of braille.happy boston
happy boston I have known for years that NBP offer tours of their facilities and I have wanted to go for years. You can find out about how to book a tour your self here http://www.nbp.org/ic/nbp/aboutus/tour.html . happy boston The link also provides some information on the process of braille production.
So we parked near the science museum and than took the T (subway) to NBP. It was easy and fun way to get there. happy boston Its also great for Abby to get travel experience in a big city.
It was exciting when we got to the door because it was locked and you had ring the buzzer to get let in. happy boston But wait remember this is National Braille Press and on the door in braille was the directions to hit the buzzer. boston happy Abby read the door for us and hit the buzzer so we could be let in.
We were led into a conference room and encouraged to explore some of the titles that NBP sells. Abby loved Make Way for Ducklings and read a few pages whiles we waited. (its been added to our wish list) boston happy