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Adapting Literacy Materials for Students with CVI and Multiple DisabilitiesTips on how to adapt a book for children with CVI (cortical visual impairment), using CVI characteristics from the CVI Range |
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CVI in Practice: Teaching Visual-Spatial Skills Using Attribute BlocksHands-on activity is designed to help students with CVI to develop an understanding of spatial relations to assist with writing skills. |
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Fall or Halloween Seasonal Active Learning MobileThis Active Learning mobile is a great seasonal activity for fall or Halloween for students with visual impairments and multiple disabilities. |
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Adapting Polar Bear Book for Children with Visual ImpairmentsTips to adapt books for children with visual impairments |
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Memorization Fun: A Sentence-Building ActivityActivity to promote braille literacy through memorizing vocabulary and building sentences |
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Candy Corn: Creating a tactile book for HalloweenThis tactile book about Halloween was created by a parent. |
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Adapting Three Little Pigs for a Learner Who Is DeafblindModification of the Three Little Pigs story for students who are deafblind include tactile symbols, braille, and print. |
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Adapting Materials Found Around SchoolIdeas to adapt materials for students who are blind or visually impaired |
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“Can We Do Oreo Reading Now?” #3 Word WallMake the classroom word wall accessible to students who are blind or low vision! |
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Make Your Own Tactile VestTips to create your own tactile vest for students with significant multiple impairments |
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Family Game Time: Modified Ladybug GameAdapted color matching game to play with children who are blind or deafblind using braille and other modifications. |
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Tactile American FlagThe tactile American flag has the Pledge of Allegiance in braille and makes the stars and stripes accessible to people who are blind, low vision, or deafblind. This is great for the 4th of July (Independence Day), Flag Day or any day at school! |
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Literacy Tips for Children with CVI: Searching for a Salient FeatureLiteracy tips for children with CVI (Cortical Visual Impairment) to find salient feature on a page |
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Contracted Braille Reading and Writing ActivitiesLessons to provide braille students with practice with single-cell whole-word contractions |
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All Aboard! Experience Book About TrainsGet ideas to make your own experience book for children who are blind, visually impaired, deafblind, low vision or with multiple disabilities! |
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Braille Baseball for Dual Media LearnersDual media learners can match print alphabet letters to dot numbers and braille letters in this baseball-themed game. |
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Operation Teacher (and Nurse!) AppreciationShowing appreciation for teachers and nurses is a great way to incorporate braille literacy and the Expanded Core Curriculum, while also building support among team members. |
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Braille is Reading and Writing: Language ExperienceExample of braille writing lesson using language experience for young dual media learner who is also ESL or ELL (English Language Learner) |
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Using a Peg Slate to Practice Braille SkillsDevelop beginning braille literacy skills using a peg slate and other braille toys by practicing reading and writing braille letters, words, and sentences! |
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Making "There Was an Old Lady" AccessibleMake "There Was an Old Lady" accessible to children who are blind or visually impaired using objects, tactile and picture symbols, and a talking book |