Strategies

Below are strategies for all content areas.






Top: 2 object key chains with braille tags (Ball and Button). Bottom: Adapted Pete the Cat book with paired object (button).

Making Choices with Objects

By gillian703
Tips to help children with multiple disabilities make choices using real objects
Brailled Shamrock reading "I'm lucky for Papi Pablo"

I am Lucky! St. Patrick's Day Craft

By kathrynking
Hands-on St. Patrick's Day activity for braille students who are blind or who have low vision.
Student returning carriage on braille writer

Establishing Good Habits on the Braillewriter

By Liz Eagan
Video demonstration of beginning braille students learning to move carriage and space down
Picture of Cover, Page 1, and Page 5

Adapted Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons

By gillian703
Adapt Pete the Cat book with braille and tactile graphics for children who are blind or visually impaired.
Cover of Oi Frog

Oi Frog! Fun ideas to extend the literacy opportunities

By Gwyn McCormack
Rhyming words are an engaging way for young children to enjoy the world of books and literacy! Use models of animals and objects to make it more meaningful to children with visual impairments
Position Board with items of different textures

Textures Song and Position Board

By Belinda Fayard
Teach students who are blind with multiple disabilities about texture using this song and position board.
Accessible magnets holding artwork on refrigerator

Accessible Fridge Magnets = Accessible Artwork Display

By Liamsmom
Add braille to refrigerator magnets to make them accessible to ALL children!
A girl tries touching the peanut butter

Tactile Exploration of Food Textures

By Liz Eagan
Exploring different food textures can be a fun way to expose students with visual impairments to a variety of tactile experience.
Accessible job chart with "to do" list

Accessible Job Chart for the Home

By Liamsmom
Create an accessible job chart at home using braille, objects and print!
braille and English contractions

Teaching BRL Students English Contractions

By Liz Eagan
Lesson to teach braille students English language contractions along with their sighted peers
magnetic storyboard

Magnetic Storyboard

By Liamsmom
Create a magnetic storyboard for braille users or children with visual impairments or deafblindness
Boardmaker cards on All-in-one board

Cause and Effect Activity for Students with Low Vision

By Liz Eagan
This activity for students with low vision and additional disabilities uses picture cards to work on an understanding of cause and effect.
Wooden braille block cells

Block Braille

By Grace Gundel
Create your own wooden braille cells with these DIY blocks!
Altoid box with monkeys

5 Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed: Mini-Storybox Fun

By Liamsmom
DIY mini-storybox made from an Altoids container for children who are blind or visually impaired. Use braille to tell story of Five Little Monkeys.
Match-It Mathematics game box

Adapting Match It Mathematics Game

By Liz Eagan
This math puzzle has been adapted for children who are blind or visually impaired to practice addition and subtraction
Tactile Schedule

Tactile Schedule for Students with Visual Impairments and Multiple Disabilities

By Dianagreenspan
Tips to set up a daily tactile schedule for students with CVI, or visual impairments and multiple disabilities
colored braille cards

Teaching Ideas for UEB Typeform Indicators

By Karen Carl
Lesson to teach UEB (Unified English Braille) typeform indicators to students who are blind or visually impaired
Boy with wooden phonetic blocks

Montessori-Inspired Phonetic Braille Reading Blocks

By Liamsmom
DIY Montessori-inspired blocks for braille reading
october calendar

Monthly Tactile Calendar

By Liamsmom
Learn how to create a monthly tactile calendar for children who are blind, visually impaired or deafblind
Adapted Connect Four

Adapting Connect Four for Players with Visual Impairments

By Liz Eagan
Adapting a Connect Four game for players who are blind or low vision gives them a chance to practice matching, tactile discrimination, spatial orientation, and counting skills.

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