Strategies

Below are strategies for all content areas.

	Accessible Advent Calendar: Wooden Christmas Trees By Liamsmom These wooden Christmas trees have drawers and can be labelled with braille to make accessible Advent calendars for children who are blind, low vision or deafblind, or with multiple disabilities.
	Chemistry Braille Trick-of-the-Trade By Kecia Binko Tips to support a braille student to balance chemical equations
	Thanksgiving Cards with Braille Message and Craft By Liz Eagan These Thanksgiving cards are a fun crafts activity for students who are blind, visually impaired, or deafblind that can be shared with families. Students write braille or print messages.
	Tips for Teaching How to Create a Signature By jfreeman Practical ideas on how to teach individuals who are blind or visually impaired to create a written signature.
	Halloween Designs to Emboss By Heather Park These braille designs are ready to emboss for Halloween! Students with visual impairments will enjoy the Jack-o-lantern pumpkin and Frankie Monster accessible images.
	Using APH Tactile Editing Marks Kit for Creative Writing Assignment By Liamsmom APH Tactile Editing Marks Kit makes editing accessible to braille students who are blind or visually impaired or deafblind.
	Telescope Training Board By Tracy Fitch Make your own Telescope Training Board for students with low vision, who are learning to use monocular telescopes. These boards can help to train them in the use of the device.
	Five Little Pumpkins By Karen Epley Five Little Pumpkins is a Halloween-themed activity for young children with visual impairments, including those with multiple disabilities or additional special needs.
	Beginning Books: Two Pigs Sleeping By Charlotte Cushman This basic book was created for an 8-year-old girl in China who is deafblind. She has low vision and uses sign language to communicate.
	DIY Toddler-Size Lap Desk By Kelly Whitfield Bradley Learn how to make your own toddler-size lap desk to support an iPad, light box, book or other toys and materials!
	Summer Trip Book: Creating an Accessible Journal Photo Book By Liamsmom Tips to create an accessible journal photo book about summer trips, family vacations or other special events, using braille with a printed photo book.
	Book of Opposites for Kindergarten Student in Egypt By Nahla Ismael This Book of Opposites was created by a parent in Egypt for her 6-year-old son, who is blind.
	Making Upcoming Events Accessible to All Members of the Family By Sandy Kenrick Make upcoming events accessible to all members of the family by posting the schedule in braille, as well as print.
	Using Tactile Graphics to Create Design for Park By Melanie Reid A second grader who is blind creates a tactile design for a park in her inclusive classroom using a braille key for her tactile graphics.
	Max's Flag Routine: Sensory Learning Routine By Charlotte Cushman Video of a sensory learning routine showing how a young child with multiple disabilities, including visual impairment, learns to reach, observe and imitate
	Writing Prompts for Summer Journals By Liz Eagan Writing prompts for summer journals can help braille students maintain their skills during the summer holidays.
	Learning JAWS: Lessons and Review By Rosa Mauer These lessons focus on using keyboard shortcuts with JAWS, to review or enhance your current curriculum for students who are blind or visually impaired.
	VI Book Club: Squint By Stacey Chambers Our book club for students who are blind or visually impaired read "Squint" by Shelley Brown. A 5th grade student with albinism shares his video review.
	Making Worksheets More Accessible to Students with CVI By Melissa McDermott Use an iPad to make worksheets more accessible to students with cortical visual impairment (CVI) and multiple disabilities.
	Hot Chocolate: A Tactile Connections Experience Story By Regina Quaid This experience story about hot chocolate uses tactile symbols from Tactile Connections Kit from APH to create stories by children with vision impairments and multiple disabilities.