Braille and Literacy
Find information for pre-braille and braille skills for children who are blind as well as literacy ideas for kids with multiple disabilities.
![5 Activities for Name-Writing](https://www.wonderbaby.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/five-activities-for-name-writing-feature.jpg)
Braille and Literacy
5 Activities for Name-Writing
Learning to write your name is an important preschool skill. Make the task fun with one of these 5 activities for name-writing!
![Color Surprise Salt Tray for Handwriting Practice writing C-A-T](https://www.wonderbaby.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/color-surprise-salt-tray-feature.jpg)
Braille and Literacy
Color Surprise Salt Tray for Handwriting Practice
Salt trays are the perfect tool for making handwriting practice more exciting. This color surprise salt tray will delight even the most reluctant writer.
![Alphabet Train Activity](https://www.wonderbaby.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/alphabet-train-activity-feature.jpg)
Braille and Literacy, Education
Alphabet Train Activity
This Alphabet Train Activity will delight your little ones as they learn their ABCs. From letter sounds to CVC words, there is so much to explore!
![Liberty braille water bottle](https://www.wonderbaby.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/liberty-braille-bottle.jpg)
Braille and Literacy
Liberty Braille Bottles
Liberty Bottles creates customizable water bottles with raised and readable braille printing on their bottles.
![Feed the Bunny Alphabet Game](https://www.wonderbaby.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/feed-the-bunny-alphabet-game-featured.jpg)
Braille and Literacy
Feed the Bunny Alphabet Game
Learning alphabet letters and sounds is a blast with this Feed the Bunny Alphabet Game. This is the perfect game for an Easter-themed preschool activity.
![Sight Word Easter Egg Hunt](https://www.wonderbaby.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/sight-word-egg-hunt-featured.jpg)
Braille and Literacy, Holiday Crafts and Ideas
Sight Word Easter Egg Hunt
Make sight word memorization easy and fun with this Easter-themed game. With just a few supplies, you can create this Sight Word Easter Egg Hunt.
![Valentine's sight word game.](https://www.wonderbaby.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/valentines-sight-words-featured.jpg)
Braille and Literacy, Holiday Crafts and Ideas
Valentine’s Sight Word Game
Turn sight word practice into a game with this Valentine’s Sight Word Game. This Valentine’s Day activity is both inexpensive and easy to create!
![CVC word snowball toss game balls labeled with letters.](https://www.wonderbaby.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/cvc-word-snowball-toss-featured.jpg)
Braille and Literacy, Education
CVC Word Snowball Toss
Learning consonant-vowel-consonant words is easy and fun with this CVC Word Snowball Toss activity. Grab some artificial snowballs and let the games begin!
![Xavier Society for the Blind](https://www.wonderbaby.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/xavier-society-logo.jpg)
Braille and Literacy
Xavier Society for the Blind
Xavier Society distributes religious, spiritual, and inspirational reading materials in braille and audio to blind and visually impaired individuals worldwide.
![Sense of Play by Dana Meachen Rau](https://www.wonderbaby.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/sense-of-play-book-2.jpg)
Braille and Literacy, Product Reviews, Visual Impairment
Sense of Play
Dana Meachen Rau's book, Sense of Play, follows the adventures of Chip and Joy as they play. Chip is blind, but this doesn't get in the way of their play!
![Woman and group of kids having vocabulary lesson with word cards at kindergarten.](https://www.wonderbaby.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Woman-and-group-of-kids-having-vocabulary-lesson-with-word-cards-at-kindergarten.jpg)
Braille and Literacy
Building Language Skills: 7 Vocabulary Games for Preschoolers
Work on vocabulary early! Enhance early language development and literacy skills through vocabulary games and interactive play for preschoolers.
![Discovering the Braille Universe](https://www.wonderbaby.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/discovering-braille-ebook.jpg)
Braille and Literacy
Discovering the Braille Universe: A Handbook for Blind Kids and Their Parents
Discovering the Braille Universe is a navigational tool providing valuable insights, advice, and guidance for individuals living with blindness.
![A child studying English.](https://www.wonderbaby.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/A-child-studying-English.jpg)
Braille and Literacy, Education
9 Fun Preschool Literacy Activities
Early literacy for preschoolers is very important for their school readiness, but it doesn't have to be hard work. We show you how to make early literacy fun.
![girl reading braille](https://www.wonderbaby.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/girl-reading-braille.jpg)
Braille and Literacy
Sign Up for Free Braille Books Every Year from Seedlings
The Seedlings Book Angel Program shares books in braille with visually impaired children in the United States and Canada. Each child receives their choice of five free books when they...
![Young child reading a Living Paintings tactile book.](https://www.wonderbaby.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/living-paintings-book.jpg)
Braille and Literacy
Living Paintings Tactile Books
Living Paintings is a Uk based charity that designs, creates, and publishes Touch to See books for kids who are blind.
![Partners for Sight logo](https://www.wonderbaby.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/partners-for-sight-logo.jpg)
Braille and Literacy, Visual Impairment
Reader’s Digest Partners for Sight
Reader’s Digest Partners for Sight is dedicated to fostering the independence of people who are blind and visually impaired.
![Mother teaching her child to read.](https://www.wonderbaby.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Mother-teaching-her-child-to-read.jpg)
Braille and Literacy, Special Needs
How to Teach a Child With Dyslexia
Dyslexia can be challenging for kids and parents, but there are ways to teach a child with dyslexia to help them achieve their literacy - and life - goals.
![Sensee braille learning kit.](https://www.wonderbaby.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/sensee-learning-braille-letters.jpg)
Braille and Literacy
Sensee Braille Books and Learning Set
Sensee creates educational braille products for visually impaired children and I had the chance to look at (and touch!) their books.
![Get Braille logo](https://www.wonderbaby.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/get-braille.jpg)
Braille and Literacy
Get Braille: Braille Transcribing Services
Get Braille specializes in converting documents into braille, large print, and audio materials for students, family members and customers.
![A little girl reading a book near a window.](https://www.wonderbaby.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/reading-book.png)
Braille and Literacy, Education
11 Word Games to Help Kids With Dyslexia Recognize Sight Words
Children with dyslexia have difficulty remembering words that don't follow conventional rules, such as high-frequency sight words.
![braille blocks, puzzles and buttons](https://www.wonderbaby.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/braille-toys.jpg)
Braille and Literacy, Toys, Visual Impairment
The Best Braille Toys for Kids Who are Blind
Everything from alphabet blocks to raised line coloring pages and activity books to puzzles to card and board games... and so much more! And it's all in braille ready for...
![Leapfrog alphabet device with braille letter pieces](https://www.wonderbaby.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/braillebot-2.jpg)
Braille and Literacy
brailleBOT
AlphaBraille created a fun toy that helps children with visual impairment learn the Braille alphabet. 26 puzzle pieces can be inserted into the device and the device plays the matching...
![Rebecca playing with play-doh](https://www.wonderbaby.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/rebecca-feature.jpg)
Braille and Literacy, Toys, Visual Impairment
How I will change the world for my deafblind daughter, one toy at a time
One father's journey to imagine, create and even distribute accessible educational toys for children who are visually impaired
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Braille and Literacy, Visual Impairment
20 Apple Themed Books For Kids Who Are Blind
We've gathered 20 books about apples that kids are sure to enjoy this Fall season with links to formats in braille, audio and large print.