Math Literacy Strategies

Below are strategies posts related to Math Literacy.



Functional Number Line for Students with CVI

This number line is adapted for students with CVI, but can also be used with students with low vision or those who use braille.
Number square made with a glass tile, and Braille numbers add with sticky back plastic.

Support the Understanding of Using Cubarithms

Tips for making an accessible cubarithm for students who are blind or visually impaired
ATM

You Can Count On It!

Tips for using APH materials to teach money skills to students who are blind or visually impaired
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Adapting Classroom Materials for a Student with CVI

Strategies for adapting materials for a student with CVI (Cortical Visual Impairment)
Abacus

Roll, Set, Expand!

This CCSS lesson was designed to be a fun approach to using the abacus for place value understanding and properties of operations to add and subtract.
addition machine

Addition Machine

This addition machine is a fun way for children who are blind or visually impaired to practice their math skills!
gogo yogurt pack

Understanding Photos and Using Them to Communicate

Teaching students with visual impairments and additional disabilities to use photos to communicate
Two students play math game

Know & Show Your Numbers - A Braille/Print Math Activity for K-2 Learners

Students K-2 can use this braille or print activity to learn counting and math!
bedtime routine

Counting Down the Days

This activity is designed to help children who are deafblind, blind or visually impaired to count down the days until an event occurs using a tactile chart with braille.
place value adaptation

Place Value Chart

Ideas for adapting place value charts for students who are blind or visually impaired
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Top Access Tips: Measuring with a Ruler

Tips for teaching students with visual impairments to measure with a ruler
coin carousel

Money Games

These games are designed for students with visual impairments to practice coin and money skills.
Students doing Show Me Your Heart Activity

Show Me Your Heart: Braille Math Activity

This hands-on activity gives students practice reading braille numbers and counting the corresponding number of items.
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6 Tips for Teaching Maths to Students with Visual Impairments

Tips on teaching math to children who are blind or visually impaired
Money Handling and Budgeting Kit

Banking Counts: Using APH Materials to Extend a Story

This activity uses materials from APH to help students who are blind or visually impaired to manage their money and learn about banking.
shapes on a lazy susan

19 Ideas to Teach Basic Math Concepts to Students with Visual Impairments

Tips to provide access to mathematics for students who are blind or visually impaired
Worksheets with visual clutter

Limiting Visual Clutter During Math Lesson

This CCSS lesson idea uses addition and subtraction within 100 to solve word problems involving lengths that are given in the same units with students who are visually impaired.
Advent calendar with ornaments

Advent Calendar for Beginning Braille Reader

This Advent calendar for beginning braille readers can be used with children who are blind, visually impaired or deafblind
Brailled playing cards

Let’s Play Math!

Ideas to make math more fun for students with visual impairments, using cards, dice, and other games
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Modifying Charts for Students with Visual Impairments

Tips for modifying and adapting charts for students with visual impairments

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