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Below are strategies posts related to Emergent Literacy.

	Creating a Braille-Rich Environment at Home By Liamsmom Tips on creating a braille-rich environment in the home for children who are blind, visually impaired or deafblind
	Adapting Itsy-Bitsy Spider Book for Students with CVI By Charlotte Cushman Tips on adapting books for children with CVI (Cortical Visual Impairment)
	Christmas Tree Project By Liz Eagan This Christmas tree activity uses tactile items to teach positional concepts to students who are blind or visually impaired
	Travel Tins: Magnetic Fun To-Go By Liamsmom Parent-made materials that can be used to entertain emerging braille readers
	Christmas Sequence Activity for Students with Visual Impairments and Additional Disabilities By Charlotte Cushman Experience book to help students with visual impairments and additional disabilities, including deafblindness, to develop early literacy skills.
	Texture Book By cuppsa Creating a texture book for students with visual impairments and multiple disabilities
	Texti-Sticks By Liz Eagan This activity is to help young children develop tactile discrimination skills, matching, and fine motor coordination. Designed for pre-braille or preschool learners who are blind or visually impaired.
	Bells: A Tactile Book for Emerging Braille Readers By Calleen Gaeir This tactile book about bells uses real objects and makes sounds. It's sure to be a favorite for the holidays!
	Advent Calendar for Beginning Braille Reader By Liamsmom This Advent calendar for beginning braille readers can be used with children who are blind, visually impaired or deafblind
	Build a Story By Liz Eagan This homemade "Build a Book" allows a student with visual impairments to flip through the book to find character, setting, event, and conclusion ideas for a story.
	Christmas Tactile Books By Liamsmom This collection of tactile books helps students who are visually impaired understand and visualize the first Christmas story.
	Holiday Gift Tags By Liamsmom These holiday gift cards provide braille and tactile stickers to make them accessible to children who are blind, visually impaired, or deafblind.
	The Library and Timeless Stories: Using APH Materials to Extend a Story By Kristie Smith These activities use APH materials to extend a story for students who are blind or visually impaired.
	Integrated Literacy Activity: Share the Love of a Story By mmccall Ideas for sharing stories with young children who are blind or visually impaired using the On the Way to Literacy series
	Student-Created Braille Game By Liz Eagan A young child who is visually impaired created this braille game for a Kindergarten student who is blind.
	Lighthouse Keeper’s Lunch: A Cross-Curricular Approach to Reading Readiness for Braille By gwyn52 This cross-curricular approach includes literacy, numeracy, science and humanities including opportunities to develop social skills for children with visual impairment.
	What Shape Am I? By Kayleigh Joiner Tactile book of shapes for students who are blind or visually impaired.
	Interactive Bulletin Board - October By ross181 A Speech Pathologist (SLP) shares an interactive Halloween activity for students who are blind or visually impaired, including those with multiple disabilities
	Cross Curricular Planning: Seaside By gwyn52 Theme-based cross-curricular lessons for children who are blind or visually impaired, including those with additional disabilities
	Story Box for "The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything" By kimberlyd415 This storybox is a favorite at Halloween, using real objects and concrete tactile representations of items and events in the book.