Strategies

Below are strategies for all content areas.

	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.
	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.
	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.
	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 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.
	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
	“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.
	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.
	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
	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.
	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.
	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 and Cricket Mangold By Laurie Hudson This activity works on improving hand positions and tracking skills in emerging braille readers.
	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.
	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
	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.
	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.
	Prepositions By WendyPatrone This activity uses real objects to work on positional concepts with children who are blind or visually impaired.
	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.