Strategies

Below are strategies for all content areas.

	Bath Time Discussion Box and Book By Renee Ellis Discussion boxes are an early literacy activity for young children with visual impairments, deafblindness or multiple disabilities, where they collect real objects from a routine activity such as bath
	Easter Egg Hunts for Children with Multiple Disabilities By Liz Eagan Ideas to create an Easter egg hunt for children with visual impairments and multiple disabilities
	Braille Sudoku By Stacey Chambers Sudoku is a great way to work on problem solving, tactile discrimination, and self-determination skills. Braille Sudoku makes the game accessible to players who are blind or visually impaired.
	Positional Concept Game By Liz Eagan This game is designed to reinforce positional concepts on the page, including left/right, top/bottom, and center.
	Phonetic Reading Blocks with Braille Labels By Liz Eagan These Montessori Phonetic Reading Blocks can easily be adapted by adding braille labels for students who are blind or visually impaired to practice making CVC (Consonant-Vowel-Consonant) words.
	Braille Design of a Duck By Edith West Braille Drawings are a great way to practice braille skills and a fun opportunity to strengthen braille literacy!
	Reflecting and Learning from a Weather Emergency By Stacey Chambers Following an unprecedented winter storm in Texas, a TVI follows up with discussion about this with her students.
	Tactile Valentine's Stickers By jesmcdowellTVIOandM Make tactile and visual Valentine's stickers for a class!
	Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons Book By Diana Fitzpatrick Adaptation of "Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons" Book for students with CVI.
	Homemade Shape Sorter By Gwyn McCormack This homemade shape sorter gives young children or children with multiple disabilities practice with basic concepts, such as size discrimination, while also developing fine motor skills.
	Snow Much Fun Braille Lesson – Featuring the “ow” Contraction! By MLimburg This series of lessons uses the theme of snow to work on the "ow" braille contraction, while developing fine motor skills and basic concepts.
	Snowman Braille Design By MLimburg This tactile graphic of a snowman can be created following our step-by-step directions or by downloading and embossing the .brf file.
	Bath Book with Objects By Holly Cooper This book is designed for young children to use with their bathtime routine. It's waterproof and is made to get wet!
	Simplified Homemade Abacus for Beginning Users By Anna Ackley A TVI created this simplified abacus to help her student understand the basic concept, as well as to practice the fine motor skills involved.
	Braille Letter Search Sheets By Liz Eagan These braille letter search sheets can be downloaded and embossed to give students practice identifying braille letters. This can be especially helpful with braille reversals and reinforcing skills.
	Max the Reindeer Braille Design By Edith West Max the Reindeer is our latest braille drawing to promote braille literacy with students who are blind or visually impaired.
	Cracking a Raw Egg By Dwila Nixon 3-minute video created to teach individuals with visual impairments to crack a raw egg using step-by-step instructions
	Using a Systematic Pattern to Wipe a Table By Dwila Nixon Tips to teach individuals who are blind or visually impaired to use a systematic pattern to wipe a table
	Birthday Party Experience Book By Kathi Garza Experience books are a great way to introduce young children who are blind or visually impaired, or those with multiple disabilities or deafblindness, to literacy and books, as in this Birthday Party.
	Braille Snowflake By Edith West Download this brf file of a braille snowflake design and emboss it for your braille students, friends, and family members. This is a festive braille drawing for winter, Christmas, or Hanukkah.