Teaching Literacy Skills Through Grocery Shopping
Tips to make grocery shopping a successful literacy experience with children who are blind, partially sighted or deafblind, using tangible symbols and braille.
Tips to make grocery shopping a successful literacy experience with children who are blind, partially sighted or deafblind, using tangible symbols and braille.
Event planning can promote literacy skills and various areas of the Expanded Core Curriculum.
Make Halloween more accessible to children who are blind or deafblind by teaching them about Halloween costumes: superheroes, princesses, trolls, and more.
The author explains the value of braille literacy in the digital age.
A scavenger hunt in the mall is a great way for students who are blind or visually impaired to work on literacy skills, orientation & mobility, and other areas of the Expanded Core Curriculum (ECC).
Tips to teach tactile skills to braille users
Discussion of how the classroom teacher, Speech Language Pathologist, and TVI came together to support one another and increase student engagement with a Reading Group for those with CVI, complex communication needs, and multiple disabilities
Speech Therapists and Teachers of the Visually Impaired teamed up to create tactile books for students who are blind or visually impaired, included those with multiple disabilities. Includes planning sheet with objectives, materials, and labels.
TSBVI Librarian Renee Toy shares ideas on summer reading for students who are blind or visually impaired, including book suggestions for students of all ages, discussion of setting up a Maker Space in the library, Bookshare, and more.
Tips and resources for evaluating students who are blind, visually impaired or deafblind for assistive technology