Braille And Literacy 108

Find information for pre-braille and braille skills for children who are blind as well as literacy ideas for kids with multiple disabilities.
 

Seedlings Braille Books

Seedlings Braille Books for Children provides children's books in braille at reduced prices. They even have a free book program!

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Dreaming Fingers (Les Doigts Qui Revent)

Dreaming Fingers is a French organisation that specialises in tactile Illustrated books. They produce lovely books which can be adapted to any language.

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Braille Keyboard for Smartphones

Watch a video of an app developer demonstrating his new braille keyboard app on an iPhone. The new app will allow blind users to type using a touch screen.

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Dr. Seuss’s ABC App Review

The iPad is the perfect platform to create interactive and accessible picture books for kids. Oceanhouse Media is doing just this with a large collection of Dr. Seuss books. Here's our review of our favorite: Dr. Seuss's ABC.

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Now I See What You See: Tactile Book for Blind Children

This is an educational tactile art and animal book for blind children. The artist created this book to help introduce visually impaired children to new experiences and expand their media understanding.

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Braille Requirements in the Law

NOPBC has created a much-needed resources that explains exactly how IDEA addresses braille needs in the classroom. Use this to help you develop your child's IEP.

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Teaching Braille Reading and Writing

Lucia Hasty and Perkins School for the Blind have developed this webcast that discusses how to teach braille reading and writing to blind children. The video is in seven parts and available for free.

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Creative Adaptations for Learning (CAL)

CAL's mission is to make pictures “visible” to people who are blind the way printed words are “readable” through braille. CAL's books and flash cards are wonderful ways to introduce children to tactile graphics and shapes.

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Goodnight Moon to Touch with Braille and Tactile Graphics

NBP asked artist Irma Goldberg to re-create important images mentioned in the text of Goodnight Moon, like the bowl of mush, the comb, the mittens, and so forth. Now Goodnight Moon is an accessible tactile picture book!

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Michigan Braille Transcribing Fund (MBTF)

America's largest and most advanced producer of braille and tactile resources transcribes traditional texts, graphics, legal documents, users manuals and more. Download their PDF catalog for their current titles.

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ReadBooks! Braille Literacy Program

ReadBooks! is a national children's braille literacy program encouraging families with blind children to read print/braille books together.

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Learning Ally (Recording for the Blind)

Formerly known as Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic, Learning Ally produces audio-format textbooks for students of all ages.

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Hungry Fingers Tactile Toys & Graphics

Hungry Fingers educational tools are designed to give visually impaired children the confidence that with poor vision, or even without sight, they can be in command of the space around them.

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Bookshare: An Accessible Online Library

Bookshare is an online library of digital books for people with print disabilities. Members with visual impairments can listen to books by using a text-to-speech synthesized voice, read books in Braille, or access the material in large print.

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Paths to Literacy for Students who are Blind or Visually Impaired

A literacy site from Perkins and TSBVI designed to assist educators and families in their quest to provide literacy experiences for their children who are blind or visually impaired.

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