The Wilson Reading System® (WRS)* can help struggling readers in 2-12th grades increase their literacy skills. Dr. Kay Pruett, Wilson® Dyslexia Practitioner (W.D.P.), demonstrates ways to adapt the Wilson Reading System in a way that is appropriate for braille readers.
Mercy is a fifth-grade student who started a new public school this year after spending a year and a half doing virtual learning, one year of that being with REACH Cyber Charter School. Mercy’s first language was Mandarin.
This braille weather chart gives students practice with sequencing and comparison, as well as developing an understanding of the weather.
This game gives students practice reading braille words. It could easily be adapted to an inclusive setting.
Ideas for setting up individual calendars for students with visual impairments and additional disabilities
This strategy from a speech therapist is designed to help teachers find appropriate literacy instruction for students who have significant multiple disabilities in addition to their visual impairment.
This activity works on improving hand positions and tracking skills in emerging braille readers.
Create a tactile number line to help blind kids and students with multiple disabilities to understand the sequence and value of numbers.
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.
Daily job charts are part of many early childhood & elementary classrooms. These ideas make them accessible to children who are blind or visually impaired.
