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	Setting Up Task Boxes to Encourage Independence By Liz Eagan Activities can be set up in individual plastic bins for children to do independently.
	My Color Book By Liz Eagan This homemade book is designed to give children practice identifying colors, including matching colors, naming colors, and identifying pictured items.
	My First Tracking Book By covi88 As a first year preschool teacher one of my first questions was: how can I help my students with a visual impairment develop pre-braille skills? The simple answer, help them develop tracking skills.
	Interactive Read-Aloud and Story Box of The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson By mbakos Interactive read-alouds, combined with a story box, make books accessible for all students. Using the Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson is a fun way to combine learning and play.
	Bath Time Discussion Box and Book By Renee Ellis Discussion boxes are an early literacy activity for young children with visual impairments, deafblindness or multiple disabilities, where they collect real objects from a routine activity such as bath
	Positional Concept Game By Liz Eagan This game is designed to reinforce positional concepts on the page, including left/right, top/bottom, and center.
	Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons Book By Diana Fitzpatrick Adaptation of "Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons" Book for students with CVI.
	Homemade Shape Sorter By gwyn52 This homemade shape sorter gives young children or children with multiple disabilities practice with basic concepts, such as size discrimination, while also developing fine motor skills.
	Bath Book with Objects By Holly Cooper This book is designed for young children to use with their bathtime routine. It's waterproof and is made to get wet!
	Birthday Party Experience Book By Kathi Garza Experience books are a great way to introduce young children who are blind or visually impaired, or those with multiple disabilities or deafblindness, to literacy and books, as in this Birthday Party.
	Concept Flashcards: Tactile Images and Braille Labels By Liz Eagan These concept cards can be used to match the real object to the tactile image and braille label or to sort into categories with students who are blind or visually impaired.
	Missing Daddy: An Experience Story About a Difficult Topic By Kathi Garza Not all experience or social stories have to be about happy things! Sometimes telling those hard stories can help our children process through their feelings and can provide language to support them.
	Joseph's Bath Book: An Object Book for Early Literacy By Charlotte Cushman In the early stages of literacy, real objects can be attached to each page, so that children who are blind, visually impaired, deafblind or with multiple disabilities can explore each item.
	Alphabet Soup and Braille Muffins By Regina Quaid This early literacy activity reinforces initial letter sounds in a fun and playful way for beginning braille readers.
	Adapting "One Rainy Day" for Students with Visual Impairments By Melissa Powell Ideas to adapt "One Rainy Day" for children with visual impairments and multiple disabilities
	Using the Story “The Cow Who Clucked” to Introduce Animals & Animal Sounds to Young Students By Tammy Ashcraft Ideas to use the story “The Cow Who Clucked” to introduce animals & animal sounds to young students with visual impairments or multiple disabilities, using a storybox, tactile and picture symbols
	Video: Tracking in Braille By Dwila Nixon This video presents the best setup, hand placement, and left to right technique for tracking braille.
	Braille Literacy Resource Kit By Dwila Nixon Braille Literacy Resource Kit for preschoolers who are blind or visually impaired and currently learning at home with their families
	Bingo Home Activity By Charlotte Cushman This Bingo Home Activity is designed for families of younger students and students with multiple disabilities; it was created by a life skills teacher at the Ohio State School for the Blind.
	Two Read-Alouds of Early Literacy Books from APH By Tracy Fitch TVI Tracy Fitch reads aloud two books for young children who are blind or visually impaired: "That's Not My Bear" and "Splish the Fish" from American Printing House for the Blind.