Strategies

Below are strategies for all content areas.

	Creating a Braille-Rich Environment at Home By Liamsmom Tips on creating a braille-rich environment in the home for children who are blind, visually impaired or deafblind
	Fire Alarm Pull Stations By Liz Eagan Hands-on activity looking at fire safety and helping students with visual impairments understand fire alarm pull stations.
	Adapting Itsy-Bitsy Spider Book for Students with CVI By Charlotte Cushman Tips on adapting books for children with CVI (Cortical Visual Impairment)
	Practicing Reading High Frequency Words in Braille By Gwyn McCormack Suggestions for adapting a reading lesson on recognizing high frequency words (such as "the", "and", "a", "said" and "to") for braille readers.
	Tips on Adapting Classroom Materials for Students with Albinism By Liz Eagan Tips on Adapting Classroom Materials for Students with Albinism
	Banking Counts: Using APH Materials to Extend a Story By Kristie Smith This activity uses materials from APH to help students who are blind or visually impaired to manage their money and learn about banking.
	Recess Choice Board By Liz Eagan This activity is designed to make the braille code more meaningful to a young reader who is visually impaired using a recess choice board.
	Dinosaurs and All That Rubbish By Gwyn McCormack Ideas for incorporating skills for students with visual impairments from across the curriculum, including literacy, numeracy and more
	19 Ideas to Teach Basic Math Concepts to Students with Visual Impairments By Gwyn McCormack Tips to provide access to mathematics for students who are blind or visually impaired
	Making Proofreaders' Marks Accessible to Students with Visual Impairments By WendyPatrone Tips on making proofreaders' marks accessible to those who are blind or visually impaired
	The Lighthouse of All Time - Library By Kristie Smith This activity uses items from American Printing House (APH) to teach metaphors to students who are visually impaired.
	Christmas Tree Project By Liz Eagan This Christmas tree activity uses tactile items to teach positional concepts to students who are blind or visually impaired
	Travel Tins: Magnetic Fun To-Go By Liamsmom Parent-made materials that can be used to entertain emerging braille readers
	Christmas Sequence Activity for Students with Visual Impairments and Additional Disabilities By Charlotte Cushman Experience book to help students with visual impairments and additional disabilities, including deafblindness, to develop early literacy skills.
	Texture Book By cuppsa Creating a texture book for students with visual impairments and multiple disabilities
	Texti-Sticks By Liz Eagan This activity is to help young children develop tactile discrimination skills, matching, and fine motor coordination. Designed for pre-braille or preschool learners who are blind or visually impaired.
	Braille Designs for Christmas By Edith West Braille Christmas designs are a fun holiday craft project for braille users!
	Alphaboxes Graphic Organizer By Paths to Literacy Lesson to teach students with visual impairments to use a graphic organizer
	Adapting Word Games for Students with Visual Impairments By Liz Eagan This activity adapts the games of Bananagrams and Applegrams for children who are blind or visually impaired.
	Limiting Visual Clutter During Math Lesson By Paths to Literacy This CCSS lesson idea uses addition and subtraction within 100 to solve word problems involving lengths that are given in the same units with students who are visually impaired.