Strategies

Below are strategies for all content areas.






Picture of word cube with braille labels and braille word cards

Ready for Phonics - Making Words

By gillian703
Hands-on phonics activity for beginning braille readers and those who have additional disabilities
Pages in a pegboard book

Pegboard Books for Our Earliest Readers

By Charlotte Cushman
Pegboard books provide a way for young children who are blind or visually impaired, including those with multiple disabilities, to explore books and tactile materials.
Cover of Traffic Braille

Traffic Braille File Folder

By Samantha Zauner
Dual media learners can practice matching braille letters to print letters in this file folder game.
a flip book next to a Superman action figure

Tactile Superhero Book

By Liamsmom
Make your own braille tactile book about superheroes for children who are blind, deafblind or low vision.
Symbol for laundry detergent

Grocery Shopping Book

By Liz Eagan
Using tactile symbols to support grocery shopping with children who are blind or visually impaired, including those with additional disabilities
a student reading an evaluation on a computer screen

Student Practices Career Exploration and Self-Determination Teaching a Lesson

By Liz Eagan
Students with visual impairments can practice career exploration and self-determination in teaching a lesson to younger students.
their, there, they're

Using Frequently Confused Words Correctly

By Paths to Literacy
Practice with frequently confused words and homonyms
Modified Candy Land pieces

Adapting Candy Land for Players Who Are Blind or Deafblind

By Liamsmom
Adapt Candyland for players who are blind, low vision or deafblind! Just add braille and tactile symbols for an accessible and inclusive game.
Image of Front of Book with text "Snow, Snow, What Do You See?", a printed snowflake and two foam cut-out snowflakes. Printed text "By: ____" at bottom of front cover.  Picture of assembled and decorated snowman, complete with hat, scarf, boots and white cane.

Winter Tactile Experience Book: Snow, Snow, What Do You See?

By Juarezs
This hands-on activity gives beginning braille readers a chance to create a tactile book about winter.
Hello Kitty Braille Design

Braille Design of Hello Kitty

By jrubino
This braille design of Hello Kitty is a fun and motivating activity for the holidays or any time in the winter!
French Fries Braille

French Fries Braille Game

By Samantha Zauner
File Folder game to teach students with low vision or dual media learners braille dot numbers for alphabet letters
Tactile tracking pages

Tracking Activities for Pre-Braille Learners

By Kathryn Sedarati
Tactile materials can be attached to cardstock to give pre-braille students practice with tracking and other tactile skills
braille sleigh

Braille Drawing of Santa's Sleigh

By Marsha Bork
Create your own braille drawing of Santa's sleigh for Christmas!
Christmas stocking with labels

Festive Christmas Stocking Game

By Kathryn Sedarati
This Christmas game encourages braille reading, matching and tactile discrimination.
Make your own braille Christmas decorations

A Braille Christmas Tree and Snowman Picture

By Kathryn Sedarati
Make your own braille Christmas decorations with tactile ornaments!
foam dice with brads to mark the dots

Homework Manipulative Box

By Liz Eagan
Tips to provide homework support for braille users or other students who are blind or visually impaired
Calvin can use a cane.

Tactile Experience Book: Calvin Can...

By Pam Perlman
Creating tactile experience books for beginning braille readers can help to promote inclusion and braille literacy!
Student using telescope in store.

Mia's Mix: An Integrated Approach to the ECC

By Patrick Hector
Ideas to incorporate the ECC, literacy, and numeracy into an integrated series of lessons for students with visual impairments
closeup of game instruction sheet being read in braille

Adapt Roll a Character Games

By Sensory Sun
Find out how to adapt a "Roll a Character" game using braille and tactile elements! Promote braille literacy and numeracy through this fun game.
a cardboard book with toy bowling pins and a bowling ball on the cover

Bowling Experience Book

By Liamsmom
Learn how to create a tactile experience book for children who are blind, deafblind, or who have multiple disabilities.

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