Strategies

Below are strategies for all content areas.

	Teaching Punctuation and Writing Conventions to Students with Visual Impairments By JudiC This classroom lesson focuses on on-going writing lessons aimed at improving writing conventions as well as other skills for students with visual impairments.
	Bells: A Tactile Book for Emerging Braille Readers By Calleen Gaeir This tactile book about bells uses real objects and makes sounds. It's sure to be a favorite for the holidays!
	Advent Calendar for Beginning Braille Reader By Liamsmom This Advent calendar for beginning braille readers can be used with children who are blind, visually impaired or deafblind
	Build a Story By Liz Eagan This homemade "Build a Book" allows a student with visual impairments to flip through the book to find character, setting, event, and conclusion ideas for a story.
	Christmas Tactile Books By Liamsmom This collection of tactile books helps students who are visually impaired understand and visualize the first Christmas story.
	O&M and Explanatory Text By WendyPatrone Students will utilize proper sentence structure, grammar usage, punctuation, and spelling through this O&M and Explanatory Text.
	Let’s Play Math! By mmccall Ideas to make math more fun for students with visual impairments, using cards, dice, and other games
	Holiday Gift Tags By Liamsmom These holiday gift cards provide braille and tactile stickers to make them accessible to children who are blind, visually impaired, or deafblind.
	The Library and Timeless Stories: Using APH Materials to Extend a Story By Kristie Smith These activities use APH materials to extend a story for students who are blind or visually impaired.
	Circle Time Book for Students with Low Vision By Liz Eagan Circle time book for students with low vision or visual impairments
	Teaching Students About Their Eye Condition By Liz Eagan Help students learn about and describe their eye condition and the effect of it on their learning using this expanded core curriculum activity.
	Integrated Literacy Activity: Share the Love of a Story By mmccall Ideas for sharing stories with young children who are blind or visually impaired using the On the Way to Literacy series
	Student-Created Braille Game By Liz Eagan A young child who is visually impaired created this braille game for a Kindergarten student who is blind.
	Lighthouse Keeper’s Lunch: A Cross-Curricular Approach to Reading Readiness for Braille By Gwyn McCormack This cross-curricular approach includes literacy, numeracy, science and humanities including opportunities to develop social skills for children with visual impairment.
	Positional Concept Activity for Pre-Braille By Liz Eagan Positional concept activity for prebraille students who are visually impaired
	Modifying Charts for Students with Visual Impairments By Gwyn McCormack Tips for modifying and adapting charts for students with visual impairments
	Using APH Materials to Extend a Story: Playing at the Park By Kristie Smith This activity provides concrete, hands-on experience to supplement a story for students who are blind or visually impaired.
	10 by 10 Array Board for Students with Visual Impairments By KC Wilson Activity using 10 by 10 array boards to assist in teaching multiplication and math skills to students who are blind or visually impaired.
	What Shape Am I? By Kayleigh Joiner Tactile book of shapes for students who are blind or visually impaired.
	Interactive Bulletin Board - October By ross181 A Speech Pathologist (SLP) shares an interactive Halloween activity for students who are blind or visually impaired, including those with multiple disabilities