Winter Activities and Lessons
As we settle in for a cold winter season, use these ideas to explore the world around us with adaptations for our students with visual impairments.
As we settle in for a cold winter season, use these ideas to explore the world around us with adaptations for our students with visual impairments.
Using a pumpkin theme for learning during the autumn months creates opportunities to connect several benchmark goals for our students with visual impairments.
Stephanie Duesing is a parent to Sebastian who has CVI (Cerebral/Cortical Visual Impairment). She is an educator, advocate, and author of the book, Eyeless Mind: A Memoir About Seeing and Being Seen. Stephanie talked to us about her journey and shares with us some insightful wisdom.
An introduction to how to make story boxes for young children who are blind or visually impaired
I am a single mother of five, living in Texas, along with two grandpuppies and two grandpiggies (guinea pigs). I am totally blind, due to a battle with Retinoblastoma, and enjoy homeschooling with my family.
Tactile journals support writing about experiences for students who are blind, visually impaired, or deafblind, including those with multiple disabilities.
This experience story about planting seeds uses pictures, text in braille and print, and other tactile materials to share the story and sequence events.
This tactile book uses all different kinds of watches to reinforce concepts such as big and little.
This tactile book about bells uses real objects and makes sounds.
This set of activities uses APH materials to extend a story about The Big Island Restaurant and Bakery.