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Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons BookAdaptation of "Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons" Book for students with CVI. |
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Homemade Shape SorterThis 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. |
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Bath Book with ObjectsThis book is designed for young children to use with their bathtime routine. It's waterproof and is made to get wet! |
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Birthday Party Experience BookExperience 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. |
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Concept Flashcards: Tactile Images and Braille LabelsThese 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. |
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Missing Daddy: An Experience Story About a Difficult TopicNot 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. |
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Joseph's Bath Book: An Object Book for Early LiteracyIn 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. |
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Alphabet Soup and Braille MuffinsThis early literacy activity reinforces initial letter sounds in a fun and playful way for beginning braille readers. |
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Adapting "One Rainy Day" for Students with Visual ImpairmentsIdeas to adapt "One Rainy Day" for children with visual impairments and multiple disabilities |
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Using the Story “The Cow Who Clucked” to Introduce Animals & Animal Sounds to Young StudentsIdeas 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
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Video: Tracking in BrailleThis video presents the best setup, hand placement, and left to right technique for tracking braille. |
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Braille Literacy Resource KitBraille Literacy Resource Kit for preschoolers who are blind or visually impaired and currently learning at home with their families |
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Bingo Home ActivityThis 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. |
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Two Read-Alouds of Early Literacy Books from APHTVI 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. |
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Everyday Edges and ShapesExamples of why shapes are important for preschoolers to learn about for same and different, sorting and matching, symbols, basic math skills and concepts. |
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What’s in My Purse? An Early Tactile Literacy RoutineThis early tactile literacy routine gives young children who are blind or visually impaired a chance to work on tactile skills, object identification, matching and tactile discrimination.
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Alphabet Review for Beginning ReaderUsing the book Chicka Chicka Boom Boom, a beginning braille reader reviews alphabet letters. |
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Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Shapes Do You See?This board game gives young children with visual impairments a chance to practice counting, matching, and shape recognition as extensions to the book "Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?". |
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Five Little PumpkinsFive Little Pumpkins is a Halloween-themed activity for young children with visual impairments, including those with multiple disabilities or additional special needs. |
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Book of Opposites for Kindergarten Student in EgyptThis Book of Opposites was created by a parent in Egypt for her 6-year-old son, who is blind. |