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	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
	Tangible Valentine Cards By Paths to Literacy Activity ideas for making tangible valentines with children who are blind or visually impaired, including those with deafblindness or multiple disabilities
	Interactive Wheels on the Bus By Karen Epley Interactive Wheels on the Bus is a great way to engage children with visual impairments and multiple disabilities through meaningful & active participation
	Story Bucket and Learning Activities Based on Otis the Tractor By gwyn52 This Story Bucket and learning activities for young children who are blind or visually impaired, including those with multiple disabilities, is based on the book "Otis" by Loren Long.
	Emotion Meter: The Row Boat Ride By Linda Hagood This story combines mantras, meditations and pretend story writing in a storytelling activity that helps students with visual impairment & autism spectrum disorder to understand their emotional levels
	Creating a Book that Motivates Children with Additional Disabilities: Keys By Liamsmom Creating a book that motivates children who are blind with additional disabilities includes using real objects that a child is interested in such as those that make sounds or have interesting textures
	Experiencing the Story: Expanding Creative Play Centers By Liz Eagan Setting up an experience area in the Creative Play center of preschool classrooms can help children who are blind or visually impaired or multiply disabled to develop a deeper understanding of stories
	Tactile Symbols for Hygiene Bag By Liz Eagan Make activities of daily living more fun with this song and routine!
	Wellness Program for Youth Who Are Deafblind By DeCaluweS Incorporate literacy skills into a wellness program for students with deafblindness or multiple disabilities.
	Nature Walk By Liz Eagan Nature walks can inspire students with visual impairments to write about what they find.
	Tactile Fun Bucket By Kimberly Schildbach Make your own tactile fun bucket for young children who are blind or visually impaired to develop tactile discrimination skills and basic concepts.
	Restaurant Book with Tactile Symbols By Liz Eagan Create your own book of tactile symbols to enable students with multiple disabilities to order their own food at a restaurant.
	Choice Cards for Adaptive PE By Liz Eagan Choice cards for adaptive PE allow students with multiple disabilities to make choices and control their environment.
	CVI Bead Bar By Krista Owens Learn how to create your own CVI Bead Bar using Mardi Gras beads for students with cortical visual impairment.
	Tactile Holiday Decorations By Liz Eagan Make your holiday decorations tactile and accessible to all children!
	Christmas Tactile Experience Book By Susiene Royson This example of a tactile experience book uses items associated with Christmas as a literacy experience for a girl with CVI and additional disabilities.
	Pumpkin Experience Book By Liz Eagan Create your own pumpkin experience book with students with visual impairments, deafblindness or multiple disabilities
	Owl Babies Story Box By Liamsmom Create a storybox about Owl Babies for children who are deafblind, blind or visually impaired, including those with multiple disabilities.
	Providing Direct Experience to Develop Concepts By Liz Eagan Children with visual impairments and other special needs need to develop an understanding of basic concepts in order to grasp meaning in books.
	Cards to Promote Independence By Liz Eagan Promote independence with students with special needs, including those with visual impairments, using these index cards.