Strategies

Below are strategies for all content areas.

	FT2S2B: Finger Positions for Beginning Braille Users By Anna C. Gayle Tips to encourage proper finger positions to create braille dot formations, first on the table, then with a swing cell, and finally on a braillewriter.
	Eye Spy VI Awards By Liz Eagan This is a simple way to express appreciation for teachers, therapists and others who go above and beyond in providing quality services to students who are blind, visually impaired or deafblind.
	Grilled Chicken Braille Game By Samantha Zauner This game is designed to give students with low vision who are learning braille practice with the braille contractions: upon, word, these, those, whose, cannot, had, many, spirit, world and their.
	Make Your Own Portable Scan and Read Station By Charlotte Cushman Therese Wilkomm shares a video demonstration of a simple assistive technology device she has created, which enables people with visual impairments to scan & read documents using a portable stand & app
	Teaching UEB Science Signs to Braille Learners By John Chester Tips for teaching UEB Science signs to braille learners, including preparing technical materials for science lessons and helping learners understand.
	Identifying Salient Features: Jasper and the Animals By Brenda Biernat Children with CVI (cortical visual impairment) often struggle to interpret with images that are visually complex. A parent shares her son's experience
	Braille Design of Computer By Edith West This Computer Braille Design is a fun project for braille users.
	Creating a Book for a Braille Reader with CVI: Max and His Cane By Liamsmom This simple braille book tells the story about an 8-year-old boy who loses his cane. The colored illustrations are appealing for children with CVI.
	Supporting Tactile Images with Real Experience and Concrete Materials By Liz Eagan Providing real experiences and concrete objects is a helpful first step in teaching students with visual impairments to interpret tactile images.
	Building Literacy Around What Children Care About By Ellen Cadigan Mazel Using images of items that children with CVI (cortical visual impairment) are motivated by can help to motivate them and develop literacy skills.
	Having Pride: Promoting Social Skills through Writing By Anna C. Gayle Combine writing and social skills in this activity to promote kindness and helpfulness in students who are blind or visually impaired.
	Tactile Symbols for Hygiene Bag By Liz Eagan Make activities of daily living more fun with this song and routine!
	Wellness Program for Youth Who Are Deafblind By DeCaluweS Incorporate literacy skills into a wellness program for students with deafblindness or multiple disabilities.
	Braille Gloves By Laurie Hudson Braille gloves are a great way to introduce the braille code to sighted children and adults (such as sighted classmates family members).
	Accessible NCAA Bracket By William Tubilleja Braille can be used in so many ways and this NCAA bracket is a great example of how it can make sports and popular events accessible to all.
	Writing Prompt Roulette By Beth Borysewicz Strategies to support braille students with writing prompts, using a shared writing approach on a BrailleNote Touch to promote braille literacy
	Nature Walk By Liz Eagan Nature walks can inspire students with visual impairments to write about what they find.
	Tracking Reading Homework By Liamsmom Make your reading calendar accessible to braille users with these ideas!
	Insta-Snow Writing Activity By Liz Eagan Real experiences are a great motivator to the writing process! This 3rd grader enjoyed writing a braille description of insta-snow.
	Tactile Fun Bucket By Kimberly Schildbach Make your own tactile fun bucket for young children who are blind or visually impaired to develop tactile discrimination skills and basic concepts.