Braille Strategies

Below are strategies posts related to Braille.

	Bilingual Braille Flash Cards By Anna C. Gayle These bilingual braille flash cards enabled a parent who does not speak English to review the braille code with her 5-year-old daughter who is blind.
	Creating a Book that Motivates Children with Additional Disabilities: Keys By Liamsmom Creating a book that motivates children who are blind with additional disabilities includes using real objects that a child is interested in such as those that make sounds or have interesting textures
	Independence Day Craft Activity By Liz Eagan This Independence Day craft activity for the 4th of July for students who are blind or visually impaired teaches students about eagles, while practicing fine more skills and creating tactile graphics.
	Tactile Mosaic Flags for the 4th of July By Liz Eagan Tactile mosaic flags are a fun crafts project for the 4th of July for kids who are blind or visually impaired. Students can work on skills such as literacy, counting, matching, sorting, and patterns.
	Braille Design of a Bird By Edith West This braille drawing is a fun way to practice tactile discrimination skills, while promoting braille literacy.
	Honoring the Summer Solstice: 10 Activity Ideas for Students Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired By Charlotte Cushman Fun hands-on learning activities for the summer solstice for children who are blind or visually impaired
	Developing Tactile Skills in Children with Vision Impairment By John Chester Tips on developing tactile skills in children who are blind or visually impaired using tactile graphs, tactile drawings, 3D shapes, and braille labels
	Making Chess Accessible To My Son Who Is Deafblind By Liamsmom My son, who is deafblind, is learning to play the game of chess using an accessible board. It's a fun way to practice braille literacy skills for kids who are blind or visually impaired.
	FT2S2B: Finger Positions for Beginning Braille Users By Anna C. Gayle Tips to encourage proper finger positions to create braille dot formations, first on the table, then with a swing cell, and finally on a braillewriter.
	Grilled Chicken Braille Game By Samantha Zauner This game is designed to give students with low vision who are learning braille practice with the braille contractions: upon, word, these, those, whose, cannot, had, many, spirit, world and their.
	Teaching UEB Science Signs to Braille Learners By John Chester Tips for teaching UEB Science signs to braille learners, including preparing technical materials for science lessons and helping learners understand.
	Braille Design of Computer By Edith West This Computer Braille Design is a fun project for braille users.
	Creating a Book for a Braille Reader with CVI: Max and His Cane By Liamsmom This simple braille book tells the story about an 8-year-old boy who loses his cane. The colored illustrations are appealing for children with CVI.
	Having Pride: Promoting Social Skills through Writing By Anna C. Gayle Combine writing and social skills in this activity to promote kindness and helpfulness in students who are blind or visually impaired.
	Braille Gloves By Laurie Hudson Braille gloves are a great way to introduce the braille code to sighted children and adults (such as sighted classmates family members).
	Accessible NCAA Bracket By William Tubilleja Braille can be used in so many ways and this NCAA bracket is a great example of how it can make sports and popular events accessible to all.
	Writing Prompt Roulette By Beth Borysewicz Strategies to support braille students with writing prompts, using a shared writing approach on a BrailleNote Touch to promote braille literacy
	Nature Walk By Liz Eagan Nature walks can inspire students with visual impairments to write about what they find.
	Tracking Reading Homework By Liamsmom Make your reading calendar accessible to braille users with these ideas!
	Bass Drum File Folder Game for Dual Media Learners By Samantha Zauner Students with low vision who are learning braille can practice the whole word contractions the, and, with, of, child, still, and to with this game.