The National Center on Improving Literacy and Idaho’s Department of Education have created a short, two and a half minute video to highlight the importance of playing with sounds and spoken words to develop strong listening and reading skills.
Guidelines to adapt simple books for children who are blind or visually impaired
Create books for children with Cerebral/Cortical visual impairment (CVI) using simple materials with limited complexity.
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.
Collect items from the environment to reinforce beginning literacy skills during orientation and mobility lessons.
This activity uses real food items along with the book “Lunch Crunch” to make it more meaningful for children who are blind or visually impaired, including those with low vision.
Tracking forms to go along with the Talking Typer to document progress with students who are visually impaired.
These activities use APH materials to extend a story for students who are blind or visually impaired.
This homemade “Build a Book” allows a student with visual impairments to flip through the book to find character, setting, event, and conclusion ideas for a story.
Practical tips to prepare your child to learn to read braille, include concept development, tactile discrimination, language and motor skills.
