Strategies

Below are strategies for all content areas.

	Everyday Edges and Shapes By Mary Tellefson Examples of why shapes are important for preschoolers to learn about for same and different, sorting and matching, symbols, basic math skills and concepts.
	Craft Activity for St. Patrick's Day By Liz Eagan This St. Patrick's Day craft activity for students who are blind or visually impaired works on fine motor skills, as well as positional concepts.
	Early Literacy Ideas for Students with Multiple Disabilities By Derya Uyar Early Literacy ideas from Turkey for students who are blind or visually impaired with multiple disabilities (MDVI)
	What’s in My Purse? An Early Tactile Literacy Routine By Laurie Hudson This early tactile literacy routine gives young children who are blind or visually impaired a chance to work on tactile skills, object identification, matching and tactile discrimination.
	Valentine Crafting Project By Liz Eagan This project can be done with individuals with visual impairments and additional disabilities to celebrate Valentine's Day.
	Making Accessible Valentine Stickers By jesmcdowellTVIOandM Make your own Valentine stickers for braille students to share with others using designs on Good Notes that can be copied onto swell paper and run through Pictures-in-a-Flash (PIAF).
	Alphabet Review for Beginning Reader By Melissa McDermott Using the book Chicka Chicka Boom Boom, a beginning braille reader reviews alphabet letters.
	Giving Back to Others: Making Tactile Valentines By Liz Eagan Making tactile cards for Valentine's Day is a great way for students who are blind or visually impaired to practice braille and other skills from the Expanded Core Curriculum (ECC).
	Tactile Paper Dolls: Incorporating the ECC By Beth Borysewicz Tactile paper dolls offer lots of opportunities to work on functional skills and many areas of the Expanded Core Curriculum, such as independent living, career exploration, and social skills.
	Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Shapes Do You See? By Jenna Haskins This board game gives young children with visual impairments a chance to practice counting, matching, and shape recognition as extensions to the book "Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?".
	Making Trail Mix Using Preferred Literacy Formats By Liz Eagan Making Trail Mix using a talking photo album and a braille recipe
	Jumping Bean Game By Melissa McDermott This Jumping Bean Game is a fun way to practice braille skills and can be used to fit a range of student needs and skill areas.
	Games and Activities for Independent Braille Practice By Liamsmom These braille activities provide additional practice to promote independent braille literacy for students who are blind, low vision or deafblind.
	Making Table Centerpieces for the Holidays By Liz Eagan Making table centerpieces for the holidays is a fun crafts activity, and also a possible vocational option for older students.
	Braille Book of Christmas Poems By Liamsmom This braille book of Christmas poems includes tactile graphics and is a fun way for children who are blind, visually impaired or deafblind to learn more about poetry.
	Make Your Own Cinnamon-Scented Pine Cones By Liz Eagan The smell of cinnamon is often associated with the holidays, and in this craft activity for Christmas and Hanukkah, students make cinnamon-scented pine cones as a decoration.
	Teaching Many Skills Through Christmas Cards By Liz Eagan Making Christmas cards and sending them is a great way to practice numerous skills with students who are blind or visually impaired, including those with additional disabilities.
	Decorating Christmas Trees: Understanding Models By Liz Eagan Decorating Christmas trees offer a chance to practice positional and spatial concepts, and to teach students about small scale models of large trees.
	Braille Design: Menorah! By Edith West Braille design of a menorah is a fun way to celebrate Hanukkah with people who are blind or visually impaired!
	Adapting a Graphic Design Project for a Braille Student By Roberta Gackowski Tips to adapt a three-dimensional graphic design project for a student with a visual impairment in an inclusive art class