Activity Bank: Sensory Activities for Kids who are Blind

Written by Amber Bobnar
Updated on March 13, 2023
Life-Size Shoots and Ladders Game

https://www.perkinselearning.org/activity-bank

Activity Bank is a wonderful collection of very hands-on and practical activities you can do with your blind or visually impaired children. Keep a special eye out for activities contributed by Cindy O’Connell. Cindy is a Teacher of the Visually Impaired with 36 years of experience working with students who are visually impaired and here she collects some of her simple but tried-and-true projects, explains how to set them up and what you’ll need and even discusses what skills your child will learn during the activity.

Written by Amber Bobnar
Updated on March 13, 2023

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