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	Birthday Party Experience Book By Renee Ellis 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.
	Everyday Edges and Shapes By Mary Tellefson Examples of why shapes are important for preschoolers to learn about for same and different, sorting and matching, symbols, basic math skills and concepts.
	What’s in My Purse? An Early Tactile Literacy Routine By Laurie Hudson This 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.
	Alphabet Review for Beginning Reader By Melissa McDermott Using the book Chicka Chicka Boom Boom, a beginning braille reader reviews alphabet letters.
	Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Shapes Do You See? By Jenna Haskins 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?".
	Five Little Pumpkins By Karen Epley Five Little Pumpkins is a Halloween-themed activity for young children with visual impairments, including those with multiple disabilities or additional special needs.
	Book of Opposites for Kindergarten Student in Egypt By Nahla Ismael This Book of Opposites was created by a parent in Egypt for her 6-year-old son, who is blind.
	Take Home Story Kit By Melissa McDermott Take Home Story Kits enable students to create tactile or braille books that they can take home to share with their families to promote braille literacy.
	Preschool Valentines Book for Children with CVI By Ellen Cadigan Mazel This tactile book uses different textures on each red heart to create an accessible book for children with cortical visual impairment
	Marvin's Market Adventure: Interactive Book By gwyn52 This interactive book uses a theme-based approach to bring literacy to life for children who are blind or visually impaired or with multiple disabilities.