Emergent Literacy Strategies

Below are strategies posts related to Emergent Literacy.

	Story Bags: Guided Reading in an Inclusive Setting By Liamsmom Tips to create a story bag for a guided reading activity for children who are blind, visually impaired or deafblind
	Shared Reading Activity By Sensory Sun Shared reading activity for fall with a book about apples with braille labels
	Tactile Matching Game By GillianEstcourt Matching game to promote tactile discrimination with students who are blind or visually impaired, including those who are deafblind or who have multiple disabilities
	Adapting the Hungry Caterpillar for Children Who Are Blind By Liamsmom Tips to adapt books for children who are deafblind, blind, or visually impaired
	Making a Simple Switch-Accessible Power Point Talking Book By Holly Cooper This tutorial offers step-by-step guidelines to make a simple switch-accessible powerpoint talking book.
	Contact Paper Wall Activity By Liz Eagan Tips on setting up hands-on wall activities with children who are blind or visually impaired
	Teaching Alphabetic Order By Sensory Sun Lesson idea to teach alphabetic order to students who are bind or visually impaired
	Create an Adapted Book: The Shape Surprise By Charlotte Cushman Tips to create an adapted book is designed for preschool-age children who are deafblind or visually impaired with additional disabilities
	Making Storage Accessible By Liamsmom The ability to access books and materials easily and independently is crucial to the development of early literacy skills for children who are blind, visually impaired or deafblind.
	"Can We Do Oreo Reading Now?” # 2 – Making Sentences Activity By gillian703 Activity to provide practice to braille readers in making sentences using motivating materials
	“Can We Do Oreo Reading Now?” #1 Key Word Books By gillian703 Create books for braille readers using key words of interest to them to provide motivation.
	Braille Word Dictionary By Liamsmom Create a personalized braille word dictionary for your students who are blind or visually impaired!
	Nature Board By Liz Eagan This tactile Nature Board can be used to motivate and support students in braille and math activities.
	Addition Book for Young Braille Readers By Liamsmom This addition book provides an introduction to basic addition for braille readers who are blind or deafblind.
	Tactile Bingo By Gwyn McCormack This activity takes the classic game of bingo and makes it accessible with tactile cards for students who are visually impaired.
	Tactile Tangrams By Liz Eagan This tactile tangrams activity is a great prebraille or math activity for students with visual impairments.
	Ruby in Her Own Time By Diane Brauner This tactile book tells the story of "Ruby in Her Own Time" for students with visual impairments.
	Brushing Teeth: Tactile Book By Charlotte Cushman This tactile book uses real objects, words and pictures to sequence the steps in a toothbrushing routine for learners who are deafblind.
	Enabling Access to Maths By Gwyn McCormack Tips on making math accessible to students who are blind or visually impaired
	Class Projects: Including ALL Students By Liz Eagan Tips on including young students who are blind or visually impaired in classroom projects