Emergent Literacy Strategies

Below are strategies posts related to Emergent Literacy.

	Hello Kitty's Tea Party! By Gwyn McCormack Use the popular "Hello Kitty" theme to teach beginning reading and number concepts!
	O & M Travel Cards and Book By Liz Eagan Collect items from the environment to reinforce beginning literacy skills during orientation and mobility lessons.
	Literacy and Numeracy Ideas with Buckets! By Gwyn McCormack Activity for beginning literacy and numeracy, using buckets to count, identify letters and sounds.
	Tom Makes One Pizza By Gwyn McCormack This activity helps to teach one to one correspondence or the concept of one to children who are blind or visually impaired.
	Adapting the Daily Job Chart for Full Inclusion By sarahfields Daily job charts are part of many early childhood & elementary classrooms. These ideas make them accessible to children who are blind or visually impaired.
	Adapting the Environment for Independence By sarahfields Find how you can set up your classroom to make it accessible to ALL students!
	Adapting Jigsaw Puzzles for Younger Students By Beth Bartson Adapting puzzles for children who are blind or visually impaired
	DIY Theme Boxes By Charlotte Cushman Theme boxes can be used to help children who are blind or visually impaired with multiple disabilities to develop basic concepts, expand language, and understand experiences.
	Opposites By Katie Armstrong This hands-on activity is designed to help young children who are blind or visually impaired or who have multiple disabilities to identify items that are same and different or big and little
	Adapted Counting Work By Katie Armstrong This counting activity uses a switch to reinforce the concept of 1:1 correspondence for children who are blind or visually impaired with additional disabilities.
	Five Little Monkeys Tactile Book By Diane Brauner This tactile book for emergent braille readers helps to develop tactile skills, as well as counting, positional concepts, and other important skills for beginning readers at the Kindergarten level.
	Interactive Alphabet Book for Letter "M" By Diane Brauner This fun interactive book for young children who are blind or visually impaired encourages concept development through interactive activities with early literacy materials.
	Number Book By Liamsmom This fun hands-on activity uses real objects to help children who are blind or deafblind to learn to count and develop number concepts.
	Dr. Seuss-Themed Activities By Charlotte Cushman Fun hands-on activities using Dr. Seuss books to teach concept development and literacy skills to children who are blind or visually impaired, including those w/ multiple disabilities or deafblindness
	“M is for Mice.” By Laurie Hudson This early braille literacy activity uses real objects to help young children who are blind to learn the dots for each braille letter.
	Counting Book By Liamsmom This book uses real objects and tactile symbols, along with ASL signs to teach numbers and counting to young children who are blind or visually impaired, deafblind, or with multiple disabilities.
	Inching Our Way to Literacy By Jaime Brown Textures can be used to refer to the same book in different contexts for students who are blind or visually impaired with multiple disabilities.
	Story Box for "All You Need for a Snowman" By Charlotte Cushman This storybox is a fun winter activity for children who are blind or visually impaired, deafblind or multiply disabled. Uses real objects about winter
	Modifying Books for Children with CVI By Charlotte Cushman Many picture books need to be modified for kids with Cortical Visual Impairment (CVI). Decreasing visual clutter and increasing contrast is a simple strategy.
	Labeling the Environment in an Accessible Format By Charlotte Cushman Labeling items in the environment in an accessible format is important for developing literacy skills, as well as O & M or Orientation and Mobility for kids who are blind or visually impaired.