Education
Find resources for parents interested in supporting their child's educational needs, from reading and literacy to math and science.
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iPad Apps and Accessibility
iLoveFireworks App Review
This app is a winner in our house! Ivan loves iLoveFireworks because it makes BIG sounds with just the tap of his finger on the iPad screen. It's a great...
IEPs
Making the Most of Your Most Restrictive Environment
Megan and her family devised a creative plan for their daughter Ava: begin her education in a private placement at a preschool for the blind, but group her with other...
Education, Visual Impairment
Thoughts from a Kindergarten Teacher About Welcoming a Blind Student to Class
Michelle interviews her son's mainstream kindergarten teacher and asks her how she prepared her classroom for a blind student. She also asks her if she has any advice for other...
iPad Apps and Accessibility
Baby Look Tickle App Review
Eric Jerman reviews the hilariously addictive Baby Look Tickle app for kids. The app is a simple cause-and-effect game in which a baby laughs every time you tickle her, and...
iPad Apps and Accessibility
Tap-n-See Now App Review
Have you heard of the first app for iPad and iPhone created specifically for children with cortical visual impairment? It's pretty cool! Check out the Tap-n-See Now app for kids...
iPad Apps and Accessibility
Bubbles App Review
Bubbles is intended for babies and toddlers as a simple and fun app, but it also works beautifully as a way to help visually impaired children learn to use their...
iPad Apps and Accessibility, Music Play
ThumbJam Music App Review
ThumbJam is a simple music app that allows your child to make beautiful, clear sounds with their iPad. It features all sorts of advanced options for changing the sounds or...
Braille and Literacy, iPad Apps and Accessibility
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...
iPad Apps and Accessibility
Inclusive Technology: Switch Accessible Apps for the iPad
These are accessible apps for kids with special needs and they are fun too! If you're looking for apps that you can use with your iPad switch, this is the...
iPad Apps and Accessibility
Peek-a-Bouncer App Review
In Peek-a-Bouncer your child holds their finger on the touch screen to see and hear a silly and colorful animal. As soon as they release their finger, the animal disappears...
iPad Apps and Accessibility
Tickle Finger App Review
In this highly interactive story, the reader has to help Tiny Tinga the monkey get home by "tickling" various predators along the way. You can choose to have the story...
Education, Special Needs
Reaching the Disabled Child in the Mainstream Classroom
What happens when a child with a disability is in a mainstream classroom? How can teachers accommodate their students with special needs? Lesley Potgieter describes her own experiences as both...
Braille and Literacy
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...
Math and Science
Getting a Feel for Lunar Craters
NASA has created a tactile book about the moon titled Getting a Feel for Lunar Craters. You can also download the text or audio versions of the book for free...
iPad Apps and Accessibility
Big Trace App Review
Read Mary's review of the Big Trace iPad app that teaches children how to print capital letters, cursives and numbers. The app is great for children with low vision who...
Braille and Literacy
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.
iPad Apps and Accessibility
Peekaboo Barn App Review
Eric Jerman, COMS, reviews the popular iPad app Peekaboo Barn. He explains how the app works and why it's ideal for young children learning simple fine motor skills. He also...
Braille and Literacy
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...
IEPs
7 Powerful IEP Strategies
Jennie shares her strategies for a successful IEP meeting for parents of children how are blind or have vision impairments.
Braille and Literacy
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...
Math and Science, Visual Impairment
Out-of-Sight Science Experiments
Scientists Dr. Lillian A. Rankel and Marilyn Winograd have written 32 step-by-step experiments for blind youngsters to do at home with family and friends.
Braille and Literacy
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...
Braille and Literacy
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.
IEPs
IEP Resources for Children with Albinism
NOAH provides parents and educators of school aged children with albinism with resource information that will aid them in formulating their child’s IEP.