Strategies
Below are strategies for all content areas.
Tactile Advent CalendarTactile advent calendar uses objects |
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Book Conversation with Robbie BlahaThis video shows Robbie Blaha, Teacher of the Deafblind at Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired, having a conversation using a braille book with a student who is deafblind. |
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Squishy Bag - A tactile / multi-sensory approach to pre-writing and writing skillsThis multi-sensory tactile activity encourages children to develop handskills, including hand and finger strength, finger isolation, and squeezing. |
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Finger-strength and pincer grip activities: getting ready for writing brailleIdeas to help young children to develop fine motor skills and strengthen their fingers and hands in order to read braille |
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Make Your Own Touch Book!Learn how to make a touch book to promote tactile skills with children who are blind or visually impaired, deafblind or who have multiple disabilities |
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Greek and Latin RootsStudents can build their vocabularies and decoding skills by learning Greek and Latin roots. Tips for students who are blind or visually impaired |
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Beginning Story Box: Little Rabbit's BedtimeThis storybox presents simple familiar objects to illustrate the story of Little Rabbit's Bedtime. |
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Experience Book About Planting SeedsThis experience story about planting seeds uses pictures, text in braille and print, and other tactile materials to share the story and sequence events. |
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Beginning Books for Children with CVICreate books for children with cortical visual impairment (CVI) using simple materials with limited complexity. |
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Tactile Quilts That Tell a StoryThere are many ways to tell a story and in this example students who are blind or visually impaired tell stories on tactile quilts. |
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Individualized Adapted CalendarsIdeas for setting up individual calendars for students with visual impairments and additional disabilities |
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Counting in Tactile JournalsCreate tactile books or journals to work on counting and other early learning concepts with young children who are blind or visually impaired. |
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Tactile JournalsTactile journals support writing about experiences for students who are blind, visually impaired, or deafblind, including those with multiple disabilities. |
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All About Me!Create an "All About Me" book using objects, textures, tactile symbols, print and braille for children with visual impairments & multiple disabities |
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Teaching Braille Reading Fluency...VirtuallyPeople often wonder if it's possible to teach braille virtually and this video demonstrates how it can be done. |
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Lands BeyondThis game is an adaptation of Candyland, based on The Phantom Tollbooth, for students who are blind or visually impaired. |
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Wheel of Fortune GameThis game gives students practice reading braille words. It could easily be adapted to an inclusive setting. |
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Alpha BoxesFun hands-on activity for beginning braille readers to begin to pair initial letter sounds with the braille alphabet |
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Object Symbols for Choice MakingIn this activity, real objects are paired with object symbols to build an understanding of symbolic representation. |
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Using Objects to Reinforce Consonant SoundsActivity to use objects to reinforce consonant sounds with beginning braille readers |