Try these ideas for fun activities to include when throwing an accessible or inclusive birthday party for a child who is blind, low vision, or deafblind with ideas for activities, decorations, and more.
The author details the Walking Through Stories strategy used to help students activate prior knowledge of concepts before reading a story. She discusses how this strategy can be implemented at home using tactile pictures or real objects.
Gather your students, share a book about historical figures, and help them build their self-worth with a unique writing activity.
This tactile book for emergent braille readers helps to develop tactile skills, as well as counting, positional concepts, and other important skills for beginning readers at the Kindergarten level.
Encourage your students to write their own stories and create tactile illustrations to make book.
Ideas to make “The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything” accessible to students who are blind or visually impaired, including those with multiple disabilities
This touch and feel Valentine’s Day book was modified by adding textured hearts and the word “heart’ in braille.
Talking Typer App is an accessible typing and computer keyboard tutorial app for students who are blind or visually impaired.
This documentary video tells the story of a girl who is blind with behavioral challenges who masters the braille code, by moving from object and auditory activities to contracted braille.
Tips to introduce books, reading and literacy to young children who are blind or visually impaired
