Strategies

Below are strategies for all content areas.






Tactile number line

Tactile Number Line

By Charlotte Cushman
Create a tactile number line to help blind kids and students with multiple disabilities to understand the sequence and value of numbers.
Crocodile and monkeys

Five Little Monkeys Tactile Book

By Diane Brauner
This tactile book for emergent braille readers helps to develop tactile skills, as well as counting, positional concepts, and other important skills for beginning readers at the Kindergarten level.
Middle of page

Interactive Alphabet Book for Letter "M"

By Diane Brauner
This fun interactive book for young children who are blind or visually impaired encourages concept development through interactive activities with early literacy materials.
Egg carton math

Learning Multiplication Facts in a Fun Way

By RavichandranR
A practical strategy for teaching multiplication and math skills to students who are blind or visually impaired using concrete manipulatives
number book

Number Book

By Liamsmom
This fun hands-on activity uses real objects to help children who are blind or deafblind to learn to count and develop number concepts.
Storybox for Hop on Pop

Dr. Seuss-Themed Activities

By Charlotte Cushman
Fun hands-on activities using Dr. Seuss books to teach concept development and literacy skills to children who are blind or visually impaired, including those w/ multiple disabilities or deafblindness
A way to organize objects for each letter

“M is for Mice.”

By Laurie Hudson
This early braille literacy activity uses real objects to help young children who are blind to learn the dots for each braille letter.

Counting Book

By Liamsmom
This book uses real objects and tactile symbols, along with ASL signs to teach numbers and counting to young children who are blind or visually impaired, deafblind, or with multiple disabilities.
Literacy bulletin board

Inching Our Way to Literacy

By Jaime Brown
Textures can be used to refer to the same book in different contexts for students who are blind or visually impaired with multiple disabilities.
A pair of red mittens

Story Box for "All You Need for a Snowman"

By Charlotte Cushman
This storybox is a fun winter activity for children who are blind or visually impaired, deafblind or multiply disabled. Uses real objects about winter
Cover of Mouse Mess

Modifying Books for Children with CVI

By Charlotte Cushman
Many picture books need to be modified for kids with Cortical Visual Impairment (CVI). Decreasing visual clutter and increasing contrast is a simple strategy.
Basket with eye glasses

Caring for Eyeglasses

By Katie Armstrong
This practical hands-on activity is designed to teach children who are blind or visually impaired to clean and take care of their eye glasses.
labels in cubbies

Labeling the Environment in an Accessible Format

By Charlotte Cushman
Labeling items in the environment in an accessible format is important for developing literacy skills, as well as O & M or Orientation and Mobility for kids who are blind or visually impaired.
Sunshine Mangold braille text

Sunshine Mangold and Cricket Mangold

By Laurie Hudson
This activity works on improving hand positions and tracking skills in emerging braille readers.
Image of ready-to-bake pizza

Making Pizza

By Charlotte Cushman
Making pizza can be a functional and meaningful way to incorporate literacy skills for students who are blind or visually impaired, including those with multiple disabilities or deafblindness.
number cards arranged in order with objects under the numbers 1-3

Beginning Math Literacy

By Katie Armstrong
Beginning math activities for children who are blind or visually impaired; strategies for teaching numbers, counting, and making sets
Cards with names of different scents on them

Ten Scents of Christmas Sensory Cards

By Charlotte Cushman
This multi-sensory game uses the Ten Scents of Christmas in a matching game, which can be adapted for children who are blind or visually impaired.
Photo of advent calendar with braille numerals

25 Days of Christmas Advent Calendar

By Charlotte Cushman
This activity uses a braille advent calendar to identify numerals in braille or print while counting down to Christmas.
stuffed animal in a small basket

Prepositions

By WendyPatrone
This activity uses real objects to work on positional concepts with children who are blind or visually impaired.
Photo: Student at table working on his braillewriter

Motivating Older Adolescents Who Are Emerging Readers

By Megan Mogan
This strategy from a speech therapist is designed to help teachers find appropriate literacy instruction for students who have significant multiple disabilities in addition to their visual impairment.

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