Strategies

Below are strategies for all content areas.






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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
Candy corn with braille

Candy Corn Braille Nemeth Matching Game

By Sensory Sun
Fall Halloween braille activity using Candy Corn
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UEB Lesson 8: Capitalization Used in UEB

By Catherine Summ
Changes in capital indicator in Unified English Braille (UEB)
group posing for camera

Creating a Children's Book about Students with Visual Impairments

By Leesa Potthoff
Two college students create a story about students with visual impairments.
hungry caterpillar adaptation book paper caterpillar and red apple

Adapting the Hungry Caterpillar for Children Who Are Blind

By Liamsmom
Tips to adapt books for children who are deafblind, blind, or visually impaired
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UEB Lesson 7: Period, Decimal and Dot Used in UEB

By Suzanne Cappiello
This lesson is designed to help braille students make the transition from EBAE to UEB (Unified English Braille).
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UEB Lesson 6: Miscellaneous Symbols

By Catherine Summ
Lesson to teach braille students to make the transition from EBAE to UEB (Unified English Braille)
girl holding police letter

Teaching Students with Visual Impairments About the Role of Police

By Liz Eagan
Activities for students with visual impairments to learn about the role of the police
homework table

Homework Table

By Liamsmom
Tips on using a special table to make homework support more accessible to children who are deafblind
Cover of Chicka Chicka Boom Boom

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.
"On the Braille Beach"

Creating a Theme for Your Braille Classroom

By Liz Eagan
Make your braille classroom more engaging by decorating with a theme! Students can help to select the theme and plan the decorations.
Student using braille writer

School Year Journal

By Liz Eagan
Encourage your students who are blind or visually impaired to write using these school journal ideas
contact wall activity

Contact Paper Wall Activity

By Liz Eagan
Tips on setting up hands-on wall activities with children who are blind or visually impaired
Flashcards with Braille and Printed Lesson Sheets on Desk

Teaching Alphabetic Order

By Sensory Sun
Lesson idea to teach alphabetic order to students who are bind or visually impaired
Part of milk carton with text "I got some MILK"

Experience Book for Supermarket

By Charlotte Cushman
Learn how to create an tactile experience book about visiting the grocery store with this video demonstration.
Flower made of shapes and attached with velcro to book

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
storage closet

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.
The braille words I, cheese, pizza, and like and a period are on small plastic tiles on a black felt board from APH.

"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
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UEB Lesson 5: Punctuation Used in UEB

By Catherine Summ
This lesson is designed to teach braille students to identify punctuation used in the UEB (Unified English Braille) code.
hangman game

Adapting Hangman for Students with Visual Impairments

By Liz Eagan
Adapting the game of Hangman for braille readers and students who are blind or visually impaired to play with their sighted peers

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