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The lightbox is a tool to provide access to literacy materials for students with multiple disabilities, including those with cortical or cerebral visual impairments (CVI). In the past, the lightbox has typically been used to promote sensory efficiency,...
Emergent Literacy
Posted by Amy Flores
Some children rely on others to help with activities of daily living, due to motor limitations. Nonetheless, we can help build understanding and anticipation which will allow the child to mentally prepare for having their personal space entered to...
Posted by Louise France
also by Trịnh Thu Thanh and Hang Nguyen
We love braille and we want to have a library in Hanoi, Vietnam to lend tactile books to children with visual impairment. We hope our books will inspire a love of books and motivate children to want to learn...
Posted by Regina Quaid
and Misty Epperson
All children love to play hidden object games. Here is an activity that I found on Pinterest that students with vision impairments can participate in with a few minor accommodations.
I Spy Tubes
First make the “I Spy Christmas...
Posted by TinaK
Miha is a 6-year-old boy born with LCA (Leber congenital amaurosis) and is legally blind with only light perception. He was included in an early intervention program from a very early age, which was a good thing, but also a challenge. The TVI (...
Posted by Liz Eagan
A student of mine is what I call "tactually hesitant". She's not defensive, just hesitant with new textures and experiences. She is in a life skills class and is learning braille, and recently she surprised me! It took me nearly a school...
Posted by Liz Eagan
As TVIs, therapists, special educators or family members, we never have enough time to create all of the books that we want to. Happily APH came out with a cool new product called Tactile Book Builder Kit and I ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT! This...
Posted by Bobette Enderson
The importance of developing early literacy skills in preschool children is well documented. Literacy competence in our youngest learners helps ensure later success in school. Therefore, as parents and teachers of preschool children who have visual...
Posted by JasamynNichols
One of my favorite areas of the Expanded Core Curriculum to teach is assistive technology. One of the first tools we introduce to our students with low vision is the hand-held magnifier.
Selecting an Appropriate Magnifier
Each one of our students...
Posted by Derya Uyar
January is a special month for us because it is Braille Awareness Month and braille, blind children, and their families are important to me. This is why I am here sharing with you a story from Turkey.
Supporting at Home Work Being Done at...
Posted by Megan Mogan
Let’s start with the good news. You have emerging readers with Visual Impairment who have learned the meaning of tactile name symbols for people in their lives. The bad news? You are considering crossing that skill off your list of “Things...
Posted by Kate Hurst
Pegboard books provide a way for young children who are blind or visually impaired, including those with multiple disabilities, to begin to explore books. Based on the work of Dr. Lilli Nielsen and her Active Learning approach, this format uses real...
Posted by Lisa Pruner
A critical component of early literacy is having something meaningful and interesting to talk, read or write about. All children build vocabulary through experiences - be they real life experiences, stories and pictures in books, or videos/television...
Posted by Jbrown
Summertime can be very relaxing. Sometimes though, long summer days lead to boredom The kids have played with everything. It’s too hot to go anywhere. And you don’t want them to just sit in front of the television all day....
Posted by Diane Sheline
Make sure your student or child with CVI has a variety of literacy materials this summer that are relevant and enticing. The Yellow Bucket and the Red Shovel is easy to make and can be adapted, depending on the color of bucket and shovel you happen to have...
Posted by Liamsmom
I have always wanted to make my son an accessible garden that my son could learn to take care of independently. I was hoping a garden could be something he could learn to enjoy and learn from.
Earlier this year I applied for the...
Posted by Cheryl Kamei Hannan
My interest in bringing storytelling to life grew out of a growing interest in Waldorf-inspired education. While story boxes have been around in our field for many years, I wanted to try to create a full multi-sensory experience to bring stories to life...
Posted by Charlotte Cushman
Purpose of Experience Books
Personal book is motivating
How many of you scrapbook or keep a journal to remember important events/people in your lives? An experience book is a way for a student with deafblindness to record such...
Posted by Jodi Floyd
Systematic building of skills in toddlers and pre-schoolers will facilitate learning to read and write braille in the future! Skills to build include: concepts such as same and different, tactual awareness and perception, and fine motor such as exploring...
Posted by Debra Goodsir
I’m a TVI in NSW, Australia, and started working with a girl named Sarah halfway through her first year of Kindergarten. She is in a regular class with a class teacher and a wonderful teacher aid, Leanne Prior, who has been working with her since she...
