Emergent Literacy Resources
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Recordable StorybooksThese recordable storybooks are helpful to young children who are blind or visually impaired or those with multiple disabilities. They are good literacy tools for young kids who benefit from auditory strategies when reading. |
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Henry's Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground RailroadThis braille book is a good way to introduce students who are blind to slavery and Black History Month. |
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Braille Reading Pals ClubFind out how families of young children who are blind or visually impaired can promote positive feelings about braille |
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The Black Book of ColorsEmbossed drawings in this tactile children's picture book help sighted children to learn about the world of child who are blind. |
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Art for our students who are visually impairedThere are many ways in which art activities overlap with the development of literacy skills, including increasing fine motor and tactile abilities, talking & writing about what one has created, working with others, communicating ideas, and more! |
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Goodnight Moon to TouchGoodnight Moon to Touch now has tactile graphics, enabling young children who are blind to enjoy this book along with their sighted peers. |
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Tangible Symbols WebcastThis webcast about Tangible Symbols provides an overview of using objects, partial objects, and other symbols with children who are blind or visually impaired with additional disabilities or deafblindness. |
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Jeremy's DreidelThis children's book focuses on a boy who makes a dreidel out of clay, with braille on it for his father who is blind. |
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VI Curriculum: Teaching Young Children with Visual ImpairmentsIdeas and resources for preschool teachers, families and teachers of the blind and visually impaired |
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Tactile Book Kits for Our Youngest ReadersTips to adapt books for young children who are blind or visually impaired |
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Children's Braille Book ClubJoining the Children's Braille Book Club is a great way to promote braille literacy! |
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Professional Development and Research Institute on Blindness (PDRIB)Braille activities from a beginner's level through contractions, including ideas for tactual toys, braille books, and braille games. |
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Seedlings Braille Books for ChildrenSeedlings is a source of braille books and a wonderful supporter of braille literacy! |
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Communication MatrixAssessment instrument designed for individuals of all ages who function at the earliest stages of communication and who use any form of communication. |
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Swail Dot InverterIntroduce braille students to a stylus using this tool. |
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Environmental Adaptations for Preschool Classrooms5-part video presentation on environmental adaptations for young children who are blind or visually impaired |
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Appsolutely Engaging and Educational: Introduction to iPad Apps for Kids with Special NeedsWebinar with strategies, tips and techniques to begin using an iPad with children who are visually impaired with additional disabilities, including those with CVI. |
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What Is Emergent Literacy?Powerpoint presentation providing a comprehensive introduction to Emergent Literacy for infants and toddlers with visual impairments. |
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SENSEsational Alphabet Touch Feel Picture CardsThese alphabet cards have braille, sign language, print, and textures. |
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Giggly-Wiggly Snickety SnickTactile book from APH for beginning readers |