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	Creating Braille Board Games By Liz Eagan Braille board games are a great way to practice skills at all different levels, while also working on social skills, counting, and more!
	Letter "S" Interactive Braille Book By Diane Brauner This interactive pre-braille book is designed to help emergent readers to develop basic concepts, while also working on the letter "s".
	Hello Kitty's Tea Party! By gwyn52 Use the popular "Hello Kitty" theme to teach beginning reading and number concepts!
	O & M Travel Cards and Book By Liz Eagan Collect items from the environment to reinforce beginning literacy skills during orientation and mobility lessons.
	Literacy and Numeracy Ideas with Buckets! By gwyn52 Activity for beginning literacy and numeracy, using buckets to count, identify letters and sounds.
	Tom Makes One Pizza By gwyn52 This activity helps to teach one to one correspondence or the concept of one to children who are blind or visually impaired.
	Adapting the Daily Job Chart for Full Inclusion By sarahfields Daily job charts are part of many early childhood & elementary classrooms. These ideas make them accessible to children who are blind or visually impaired.
	Adapting the Environment for Independence By sarahfields Find how you can set up your classroom to make it accessible to ALL students!
	Adapting Jigsaw Puzzles for Younger Students By Beth Bartson Adapting puzzles for children who are blind or visually impaired
	How to Create a Tactile Love Book By Charlotte Cushman Directions of how to make a tactile book for a child who is blind or visually impaired to let them know you love them
	DIY Theme Boxes By Charlotte Cushman Theme boxes can be used to help children who are blind or visually impaired with multiple disabilities to develop basic concepts, expand language, and understand experiences.
	Opposites By Katie Armstrong This hands-on activity is designed to help young children who are blind or visually impaired or who have multiple disabilities to identify items that are same and different or big and little
	Five Little Monkeys Tactile Book By Diane Brauner This tactile book for emergent braille readers helps to develop tactile skills, as well as counting, positional concepts, and other important skills for beginning readers at the Kindergarten level.
	Interactive Alphabet Book for Letter "M" By Diane Brauner This fun interactive book for young children who are blind or visually impaired encourages concept development through interactive activities with early literacy materials.
	Dr. Seuss Themed Activities By Charlotte Cushman Fun hands-on activities using Dr. Seuss books to teach concept development and literacy skills to children who are blind or visually impaired, including those who have multiple disabilities or who are deafblind
	“M is for Mice.” By Laurie Hudson This early braille literacy activity uses real objects to help young children who are blind to learn the dots for each braille letter.
	Inching Our Way to Literacy By Jbrown Textures can be used to refer to the same book in different contexts for students who are blind or visually impaired with multiple disabilities.
	Story Box for "All You Need for a Snowman" By Charlotte Cushman This storybox is a fun winter activity for children who are blind or visually impaired, deafblind or multiply disabled. Uses real objects about winter
	Labeling the Environment in an Accessible Format By Charlotte Cushman Labeling items in the environment in an accessible format is important for developing literacy skills, as well as O & M or Orientation and Mobility for children who are blind or visually impaired, deafblind or who have multiple disabilities.
	Sunshine Mangold and Cricket Mangold By Laurie Hudson This activity works on improving hand positions and tracking skills in emerging braille readers.