Strategies

Below are strategies for all content areas.

	Take Home Story Kit By Melissa McDermott Take Home Story Kits enable students to create tactile or braille books that they can take home to share with their families to promote braille literacy.
	Adapting What's Gnu for Beginning Braille Readers By Liamsmom What's Gnu? is an easy game to adapt for beginning braille readers, which can be fun to play at home with sighted siblings or in an inclusive classroom.
	Future Occupation Bio-Poem By Liz Eagan This Future Occupation Bio-Poem is a fun writing activity that promotes career exploration, as well as braille literacy skills.
	Preschool Valentines Book for Children with CVI By Ellen Cadigan Mazel This tactile book uses different textures on each red heart to create an accessible book for children with cortical visual impairment
	Tangible Valentine Cards By Paths to Literacy Activity ideas for making tangible valentines with children who are blind or visually impaired, including those with deafblindness or multiple disabilities
	Touch Math Cards By snyderd I made these Touch Math cars for elementary students with visual impairments and additional disabilities to teach numbers and counting.
	Adapting Battleship Game for Braille Users By Beth Borysewicz Tips to adapt and modify the game of “Battleship” for children who are blind or visually impaired using braille and tactile symbols.
	Marvin's Market Adventure: Interactive Book By Gwyn McCormack This interactive book uses a theme-based approach to bring literacy to life for children who are blind or visually impaired or with multiple disabilities.
	Christmas Word Find Book By Liamsmom Get in the holiday spirit by inviting braille students to look for words related to Christmas, Hannukah, or other special themes or events.
	Louis Braille Timeline Game By Penny Rosenblum Every year on January 4th, students can play this game in honor of Louis Braille's birthday. It is a good way to review who Louis Braille is.
	Braille Code Collection Boxes By Gwyn McCormack Motivate children to learn letters or contractions of the braille code by collecting things in boxes or containers.
	Adapting Roll-a-Christmas-Tree Game By Liamsmom Ideas to make the Roll-a-Christmas-Tree game accessible to children who are deafblind, blind or visually impaired using braille and tactile materials
	Thanksgiving Feathers: A Creative Writing Assignment By Charlotte Cushman This creative writing assignment was done by a 4th grader, who is deafblind. He's quite proud of it and we're happy to share it here!
	Making Symbols Portable By Liz Eagan This system helps to make picture symbols more portable for students with low vision who need Alternative Augmentative Communication (AAC) support.
	Braille Writing: Pairing a Refreshable Braille Display with a Perkins Braillewriter By Dmitry Neronov This lesson on braille writing shows how to pair a refreshable braille display with a Perkins Braillewriter to motivate students with visual impairments.
	Braille "Twister" By Beth Borysewicz Braille "Twister" is a fun way to practice braille literacy skills while incorporating movement with students who are blind or visually impaired with individual dot configurations.
	Braille Designs of Holiday Wreaths By Edith West These braille drawings are a fun way to celebrate the holiday season for Christmas, Hanukkah, Thanksgiving or other occasions!
	Experience Book about Fall Pumpkin Craft Activity By Liz Eagan This tactile fall pumpkin book uses real objects, braille and large print to discuss the experience of making a fall pumpkin book with students who are blind or visually impaired.
	Using an Abacus with a Child Who Is Deafblind By Liamsmom These videos demonstrate the use of an abacus to solve addition and subtraction problems with a student who is deafblind with an interpreter using tactile sign, braille, and a teacher.
	Story with All UEB Braille Contractions By Charlotte Cushman This short passage uses all UEB (Unified English Braille) contractions and is a fun way to provide practice for braille readers.