Orientation and Mobility Strategies
Below are strategies posts related to Orientation and Mobility.
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Tactile Signage Activity for Dual Media StudentIn this activity, dual media students match braille labels to the print text on signs. |
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Easter Egg Hunt in the DarkUse sound or lights to have an Easter egg hunt with children who are blind or visually impaired |
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Decorating Christmas Trees: Understanding ModelsDecorating Christmas trees offer a chance to practice positional and spatial concepts, and to teach students about small scale models of large trees. |
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Tips for Teaching How to Create a SignaturePractical ideas on how to teach individuals who are blind or visually impaired to create a written signature. |
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Creating a Book for a Braille Reader with CVI: Max and His CaneThis simple braille book tells the story about an 8-year-old boy who loses his cane. The colored illustrations are appealing for children with CVI. |
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Nature WalkNature walks can inspire students with visual impairments to write about what they find. |
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Making Our Mudroom AccessibleThe mother of children who are blind tells how she used braille labels to make the family mudroom accessible to the whole family. |
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Braille Cell Pizza TwistsMaking pizza twists is a fun way to incorporate the Expanded Core Curriculum with braille skills. |
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Winter Tactile Experience Book: Snow, Snow, What Do You See?This hands-on activity gives beginning braille readers a chance to create a tactile book about winter. |
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Mia's Mix: An Integrated Approach to the ECCIdeas to incorporate the ECC, literacy, and numeracy into an integrated series of lessons for students with visual impairments |
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Writing a Thank You LetterTeaching students to write thank-you notes gives them a chance to practice braille or print skills, as well as developing social skills. |
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Activities to Develop Auditory SkillsActivities to develop auditory discrimination and listening skills in children and youth who are blind or visually impaired |
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Cracking the Code: A Braille Reading MysteryIn this activity, students who are blind or visually impaired are challenged to find and decode braille signs in hotels, restaurants and stores. |
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Practicing Braille Reading in the CommunityLook for ways to encourage students with visual impairments to practice their braille skills in the natural environment. |
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White Cane PointerMake pointers for students who are blind or visually impaired to share on White Cane Day! |
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Smoothies! A Classroom Lesson and Community Based-ExperienceThis hands-on series of lessons addresses literacy, math, O & M, and other parts of the ECC (Expanded Core Curriculum) for students who are blind or visually impaired. |
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The Big Island Restaurant and Bakery for Younger Kids with Visual ImpairmentsThis set of activities uses APH materials to extend a story about The Big Island Restaurant and Bakery. |
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Fire Alarm Pull StationsHands-on activity looking at fire safety and helping students with visual impairments understand fire alarm pull stations. |
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Banking Counts: Using APH Materials to Extend a StoryThis activity uses materials from APH to help students who are blind or visually impaired to manage their money and learn about banking. |
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O&M and Explanatory TextStudents will utilize proper sentence structure, grammar usage, punctuation, and spelling through this O&M and Explanatory Text. |