Strategies

Below are strategies for all content areas.

	Model Magic Braille Fun By Liamsmom Hands-on activity to practice alphabet and counting skills with young braille learners
	You Can Count On It! By Kristie Smith Tips for using APH materials to teach money skills to students who are blind or visually impaired
	Adapting Classroom Materials for a Student with CVI By Tracy Fitch Strategies for adapting materials for a student with CVI (Cortical Visual Impairment)
	Roll, Set, Expand! By mere0705 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 By Gwyn McCormack This addition machine is a fun way for children who are blind or visually impaired to practice their math skills!
	Race Track Braille By Liz Eagan Use this activity to practice braille skills, including tracking, letter identification and more!
	Understanding Photos and Using Them to Communicate By Bea Johnson Teaching students with visual impairments and additional disabilities to use photos to communicate
	Braille Designs for Spring! By Edith West Create a braille design for spring!
	Supporting and Encouraging Friendships By Liamsmom Tips on promoting inclusion with children who are blind or deafblind in mainstream settings
	Monocular Tracking Cards By Liz Eagan This activity is designed to help students with low vision to use a monocular efficiently.
	Build Your Own Braille Activity Board By Liamsmom This do-it-yourself braille activity board for students with visual impairments can be used as a motivational tool for beginning braille users.
	Spiderman-Themed Braille Book By Tracy Fitch This book was created by a preschool braille student, using tactile illustrations.
	Know & Show Your Numbers - A Braille/Print Math Activity for K-2 Learners By JennieO Students K-2 can use this braille or print activity to learn counting and math!
	Strategies to Make Literacy Meaningful to Beginning Braille Readers By Gwyn McCormack Use the child's individual interests to provide motivation and meaning in braille instruction.
	Braille Book About Snow By Tracy Fitch Create a tactile book about snow for children with visual impairments using this craft version of "snow"
	Car Braille Book By Tracy Fitch This car braille book was created by a preschool student and is a great example of emergent literacy for children with visual impairments.
	Braille Letter Matching Books By Liz Eagan Braille Letter Matching Books are a great way to review braille symbols and older students can review symbols while helping to create these books!
	Counting Down the Days By Liamsmom 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 Chart By KC Wilson Ideas for adapting place value charts for students who are blind or visually impaired
	Memory Caps Game By Liz Eagan Reinforce concepts such as shapes, turn taking, counting and more with this memory caps game for students who are blind or visually impaired.