Strategies

Below are strategies for all content areas.

	Ice Cube Painting By Monique Desany Designed by an Occupational Therapist (OT), this activity uses a unique medium to work in and provides special sensory elements to drawing and writing for children with visual impairments or multiple disabilities.
	Bubble Wrap Painting By Monique Desany This activity by an OT is a fun way to work on improving fine motor skills and handwriting.
	Braille Label Crayon Board By TVIStacy This practical strategy is designed to help braille users organize and keep track of crayons.
	Word Bank Binder By Liz Eagan This activity helps students to match uncontracted braille to the contracted form.
	Easter Basket Fun By Liz Eagan This hands-on Easter activity reinforces literacy skills for students with visual impairments by creating sentences in braille or large print to put in Easter baskets
	Recognizing and Extending Patterns with Shapes By okyungkans This activity is designed to help students who are blind or visually impaired to recognize patterns and extend them.
	Teaching Vocabulary to Use in the Community By Liz Eagan Pre-teaching vocabulary is a helpful strategy to enable students who are blind or visually impaired with additional disabilities to get more out of community experiences.
	O&M Literacy: "Pairs" Game By Laurie Hudson This Orientation and Mobility activity is designed help students to refine their cognitive maps of their schools and to develop their estimations of time lapsed.
	Feelings Book By Liz Eagan This Feelings Book can help students who are blind or visually impaired to write about topics and emotions that may be challenging for them.
	Mommy Book By Liamsmom This is a strategy for parents or caregivers who will be separated from a child who is deafblind or who might not understand where the person has gone.
	St. Patrick's Day Activity By Liz Eagan This braille activity is a good way to celebrate St. Patrick's Day with children who are blind or visually impaired.
	Braille Flashcards By Liz Eagan Braille flashcards can be used to practice and review vocabulary words.
	Braille Practice Books By Liz Eagan Braille practice books are a great way to reinforce reading skills, using vocabulary from lessons and illustrations.
	Braille Homework Sheets By Liz Eagan Braille homework sheets help to reinforce skills at home, while building a student's confidence and carry-over between home and school.
	Write Your Own Braille Book! By Liz Eagan Encourage your students to write their own stories and create tactile illustrations to make book.
	Teaching about capital letters and the number sign By Beth Bartson This hands-on activity is designed to help braille readers to understand about capital letters and the number sign.
	Creating Braille Board Games By Liz Eagan Braille board games are a great way to practice skills at all different levels, while also working on social skills, counting, and more!
	Letter "S" Interactive Braille Book By Diane Brauner This interactive pre-braille book is designed to help emergent readers to develop basic concepts, while also working on the letter "s".
	Literary Numbers Activity By Liz Eagan This hands-on activity is designed to help students practice reading literary braille numerals and counting the corresponding number of items.
	Review Card for Braille Contractions By Liz Eagan This braille activity invites students to match braille contractions to the uncontracted form.