Welcome to the latest Touring Picture Book Club which this month features a fantastic book celebrating diversity: All Are Welcome by Alexandra Penfold, illustrated by Suzanne Kaufman and published …
In this braille activity for sighted students, we'll make a sample braille cards using bumps that can be purchased on Amazon or through a braille supplier.
Hi friends, this week I am sharing another project that was a collaboration with my awesome teachers. One day while I was hanging out in on...
As we all know, toddlers and preschool students learn best through play. When working with a student who is blind, that is the key age to ge...
In this braille activity for sighted students, we'll make a sample braille cards using bumps that can be purchased on Amazon or through a braille supplier.
As we all know, toddlers and preschool students learn best through play. When working with a student who is blind, that is the key age to ge...
Limitless Braille & Print Children's/Youth T-Shirt Heavy cotton pre-shrunk t-shirt -------CARE INSTRUCTIONS------- Turn inside out. Machine wash cold. Tumble dry low. Do not bleach. Do not iron directly on design. *Note: Braille is not tactile
Providing parents with tactile books for blind and visually impaired children to help them obtain new learning skills at home.
Template of blank Braille cells (six rows of six cells)to be used for practice writing.
As we all know, toddlers and preschool students learn best through play. When working with a student who is blind, that is the key age to ge...
Hi, Welcome to Maddiy Artistry! Elevate your gift-giving with these distinctive and thoughtful "happy birthday" Braille gift tags! All text is left aligned. Delight your vision impaired friends, family or colleagues with a touch of uniqueness, as each pack includes five tags crafted on 2”x3” 65lb cardstock in an array of vibrant colors. For your convenience, each tag comes with double-sided sticky tape pre-applied on the back. You may request for 5 cards of same personalized message or 5 cards of different messages in the personalization section. A 2”x3” card would accommodate 4 lines with each line having 10 Braille alphabets. Treat them gently to ensure the integrity of the tactile message. Ready to ship.
I have been meaning to make this activity for ages. Freya and Seb have really enjoyed it this morning and I was very surprised how well they could actually recognise the letters. We have really en…
Abby is so excited. She got her Talking Book player from the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS) She is able to get 1000s of book in audio format for no cost at all. The player is even provided . She gets the books ether sent to her by the mail from our state library or we can download many of them. Abby got the newest type of machine. The digital advanced player. It plays digital cartridges and also plays books downloaded from the NLS's BARD website. We are also able to download books from RFB&D which offers books and textbooks in audio format. NLS digital player is perfect for a child with a visual impairment. It has big colorful buttons, (with braille labels) The cartridges are easy to change. The speaker that is on it sounds great. . (we also attached earphones) You can run the machine without having to see at all. Amazing.
***Digital resource only*** ⭐ ITEM DESCRIPTION⭐ Use a pop it board cut into 3 x 2 dots to form a Braille full cell. In this activity learners can use the visual to recreate the word on the pop it sections. The learner needs to push down the dots that should not be raised to create the (uncontracted) word. This engaging activity promotes awareness of Braille and also works on fine motor skills such as finger isolation and CVC word knowledge. • PDF picture only • Does not include Pop-it toy Print and Laminate to use in your classroom or with your own children! WHAT'S INCLUDED -------------------------- ⭐ 15 CVC words with Braille visual ⭐ Instructions ► Laminating pages is recommended for multiple uses. ► This file is not editable ---------------------------- ⭐ PLEASE NOTE ⭐ ---------------------------- • Since this item is digital, no physical product will be sent to you. • Due to monitor differences and your printer settings, the actual colors of your printed product may vary slightly. • Due to the digital nature of this listing, there are no refunds or exchanges. -------------------------- ⭐ DISCLAIMER ⭐ Adult supervision is required. The finished product may contain small parts. ------------------------------------------ ⭐ FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY You may not resell, share or redistribute these PDF files. ------------------------------------------ Not ready to buy now? Add this listing to your favorites ❤️, or Pin it for later. Please, feel free to contact me if you have any questions. I will reply to you within 24 hours.
Braille font on t-shirts, sweatshirts, bags , blankets and MORE Gifts for the blind or visually impaired.l This is completely customizable also, so you can create your own meaningful message . 2nd picture is an example of their name Since this is for all ages, please list size in the note section along with your message and colors Need you order quickly, move your order to the top of the list here: design was by:SoCuteAppliques https://www.etsy.com/listing/163321545/in-a-rush-move-my-order-to-the-top-of All items in my boutique are custom made and no two items are identical. Some fabric colors made not be identical to the picture. No hair bows are included in any order regardless of pictures. I use a soft backing proactive over the threads on baby bodysuits to protect sensitive skin. I use topping…when you get your item, you may see a clear plastic film. This is water soluble stabilizer and it will dissolve on the first wash. **NOTE: All bows and accessories may have small parts and pose a choking hazard. We do our best to glue and sew all of these parts. Please double check these for yourself! PLEASE see first page for shop announcements and policies about shipping, returns and other policies. See more of my creations at www.etsy.com/shop/EmbroiderybySharon Have any questions? Contact the shop owner. Meet the owner of EmbroiderybySharon Learn more about the shop and process Sharon McKay
Exploring the Sense of TOUCH using the Braille Alphabet in Preschool & Kindergarten
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Hey teacher friends! March is upon us and Read Across America month is in full swing at my school. We’ve got a whole week of activities planned, including dress-up days and guest readers from the community to celebrate Dr. Seuss’s birthday on Thursday. “Wacky Wednesday” made for a slightly embarrassing coffee stop at 711 on my way to work… fortunately, I live in Japan, the mecca of weird fashions… so I barely raised an eyebrow with my get-up J I was also so tired when I got to work that I tried to open my classroom door with my car clicker... countdown to spring break, anyone? Spoiler alert: it didn't work. February was over in a snap, especially given the short weeks we had thanks to training and Presidents’ Day. By the way… I GOT TO GO WHALE WATCHING AND IT WAS AWESOME! Humpback whales visit the waters near Okinawa, Japan every winter to escape the cold and raise their young. Our boat followed a mother whale and her calf as they traveled for nearly an hour. We got to see them surface for air many times, and I was amazed by how close we got to them! I could go back again and again… it never gets old. This whale was doing a "tail slap" for several minutes First grade has been bustling, and we’re finally at that point in the year when things really start to click for the kiddos. It seems to happen every year around the end of February… bam, growth spurts left and right! Do any other first grade teachers notice this phenomenon? My students are really gaining independence, and I’m seeing reading skills take off all of a sudden. The progress that takes place in first grade… that’s one of my favorite parts of this job. So… what have we been doing lately? That’s a big question to answer in one post! I’ll stick to the highlights: Math My school adopted the Go Math curriculum this year, and like any new endeavor, it’s taking time for me to find my comfort zone. I was a little skeptical of the amount of time spent on addition and subtraction concepts in the beginning. However, now that we’ve moved on to addition and subtraction strategies and relationships, I must say that I’m impressed with the flexibility my students exhibit when solving problems. I think their abilities are owing to our in-depth study of these concepts during the first half of the school year. My class started a “Write It Wednesday” routine at the end of January. Each Wednesday, students work through various problems and learn to explain their thinking by using accurate math vocabulary. We made this anchor chart together and discussed the differences between tools (objects you can touch that help you solve problems) and strategies (ways you think about solving problems). They refer to the chart to find the appropriate math words needed to explain their thinking. Right now, we’re just working on clear oral explanations. As students progress, they’re going to start writing sentences in their STEM journals. It’s been a worthy time investment; I’m hearing lots of math vocabulary in my students’ everyday conversations about the problems we solve! We’ve been spending time on fact families for the past couple of weeks. Chapter 5 in Go Math focuses entirely on addition and subtraction relationships. When I gave the chapter 5 pretest, I was pleasantly surprised to find that several students aced it, and the overall average was fairly high. I’ve been sneaking fact families into our daily routines here and there, so I think it’s been sticking! For example, when I take lunch count each day, we cover a few quick math skills using the numbers. We’ll add the total number of students buying lunch by creating triple addend problems; make greater than/less than sentences to find out which lunch is the most popular for the day; or create “turn- around facts” (another name for fact family addition, such as 2 + 3 = 5 or 3 + 2 = 5) based on the count. Early in the year, I taught my students about the commutative property of addition by telling them that I was giving them secret 3rd grade knowledge. I told them I could get in serious trouble for teaching them 3rd grade words when they were supposed to be learning 1st grade stuff… and they’ve NOT forgotten that the 3rd grade term for “turn- around facts” is “commutative property of addition.” We whisper the term so no one else finds out I’m breaking school rules ;) It’s amazing what kids will remember when they think they’re getting away with something! Sneaking math skills into our daily lunch count! One thing evident in the results of the pretest was that students were adept at writing fact family sets, but needed to work on identifying facts that belong with each other. I created a couple of quick fact family sorts to reinforce the skill and assess student understanding. You can download the fact family sorts for free here. They did really well with this concept once we reviewed it, so I think they’re ready to move on to using addition and subtraction relationships to solve word problems. That’s what we’ll be working on for the next week. In the meantime, they’re going to continue to practice writing fact families independently during centers. I printed fact family houses using our poster printer, laminated the poster, and hung it up for independent practice. Students have been doing this and a “number of the day” activity at the math center, in addition games. Probably should've covered "keep the erasers off the walls" when introducing this center The “number of the day” activity comes from this packet. I create monthly differentiated “number of the day” books for my students to deepen their number sense skills. Our number of the day is always the number of days we’ve been in school, so now that we’re past day 100, students are learning how to construct and write 3-digit numbers. Most of my class can do these routines independently at this point in the year. They work for about 10 minutes at the beginning of math, which gives me time to meet with an intervention group most days. I also color-code the spines on the differentiated books to indicate three groups: advanced (black), on-level (white), and intervention (blue). This makes it very easy to call groups to work with me as needed, and I change the groups each month based on student needs. A page from the intervention group's February book A page from the advanced group's February book I use 3 colored spines to organize my groups each month, but printing the covers on different colors would work, too! I’m also fortunate to have assistance from our gifted education teacher! She has just started coming to my classroom a couple times a week to support my students who need challenges. For her first session, she led students in solving word problems. They worked through the problems in their STEM journals, and discussed the strategies they used. Some of the problems my advanced group worked with this week. The presidentially-themed word problems are available forfree here. The kids loved them since we’ve been discussing American symbols and presidents in honor of Presidents’ Day this month! Language Arts I’m completely in love with the Words Their Way developmental spelling program. It takes a lot of work to set it up initially, but once you have your students assessed and you’ve taught them the routines that you want to follow each week… it is amazing. I’m working on another post entirely devoted to how I run WtW in my classroom, so I’ll get that up as soon as I can. Basically, my students follow a 5-day word study schedule to engage with word family sorts at appropriate levels for them. On day 1, I introduce the sorts to each group. Day 2 = partner sort, day 3 = sort and write, day 4 = sort and glue into notebooks, and day 5 = quiz. Again, there’s lots more to it than this, so I’ll go into more details in another post! With students working at different levels and some being speedier than others, I’m always looking for “early finisher” activities to keep the faster kids engaged. I found these mini- Play- dohs recently, and they have been a hit! They come in a “party pack” of 15, and they’re the perfect size for each student to have his or her own container of Play-doh. After reviewing the Play-doh rules on the first day, I gave students time to build words from their sorts for extra practice. I haven’t heard them this quiet in a long time… By the way, our rules are: 1. You are responsible for your own Play-doh. If it gets lost or dried out because you didn’t put it away properly, you don’t get a new one. This rule led to a discussion of "rights" v. "privileges." Play-doh is a privilege, not a right:) 2. It’s not for playing- it’s for working! You are allowed to pull out the Play-doh when you have extra time. You can build sight words, WtW sort words, create fact families, or build 3-digit numbers. If you break this rule, you lose the Play-doh privilege. Social Studies and Science February was all about American Symbols, Presidents’ Day, and Black History Month. My kids absolutely loved learning about President Theodore Roosevelt’s role in the history of teddy bears (read all about it in my previous post). It was a fun spin on the usual Presidents’ Day activities for this time of year! Our teddy wall! From our lesson on the history of teddy bears This week, we discussed Dr. Mae Jemison, the first African American female to go to space. My kids found her to be very inspiring and enjoyed this video biography, which features an interview of Dr. Jemison. Don’t you just love this writing and craft activity from Sweet Sensations? They were really into it! Someone thought it would be funny to give Dr. Jemison a seat :) We’re moving on to Women’s History Month in March. Last year, my students learned about Helen Keller and did a factual writing piece about her. They were also psyched about this Braille name activity, in which they used split peas to spell out their names in Braille. This packet includes a Braille alphabet chart, writing paper, and a craft template. Example of the Braille name activity we did last year. The kids used split peas to spell their names in Braille. Dabs of Elmer's glue would work just as well! The packet includes a Braille alphabet chart. If you don’t have time for the whole activity, here’s a free Helen Keller fact-writing activity- click the picture to download it! It’s my March “First of the Month” freebie J Click here to download this free resource In addition to Women’s History Month, we’ll be starting a unit on Earth Science soon. I’m planning a post on that, so stay tuned for more details! It’s one of my favorite first grade units to teach. Well folks, I think that’s all for now. It’s 11pm and I should probably be in bed already… Ok, I AM in bed already, but I should probably be SLEEPING! Thank you for stopping by! ... Alright, alright, I know I should be getting to bed, but one more thing… I started a new event for my TPT store! I’ll be posting a “First of the Month” freebie on… you guessed it… the first of every month! I actually started this on Februrary 1st, but I haven't really spread the word yet. I’ll also celebrate the 1st day of each month with a 10% off store-wide sale! Check out the links below for the first two freebies, and follow me on TPT so you don’t miss out on future updates! February's Freebie March's Freebie You can also keep track of my “First of the Month” freebies by following my Pinterest board. Ok, I’m REALLY going to bed this time! Thanks again and remember, I always welcome comments, feedback, and simple “hellos” at [email protected] !
Happy Monday!! I feel like today has been super busy....has it? Or is it just me??? So, today our Family projects started coming back....This one is SO cute! He took the names off of the list (cut them out) that I sent home for Valentine's Day cards (get that list HERE) and put them on the heart...LOVE this! And his writing part to the family project is behind his heart. Here's another one that came back.she loves donuts and cupcakes and ice creams! haha! And then she added in her family....hehe! So this week, we're going to be doing the Helen Keller story in our reading series...(I KNOW...the 2nd story out of the reading series...WHAT is wrong with me?! ha!) So I got out my Braille file (which I've had since I lived in St. Augustine, 10 years ago!) and we did a little background knowledge on Braille before we started reading the story. I gave them a "cheat sheet" that they used to write out their name. It's one of my favorite activities to do. I don't know where I got this sheet, and I googled it, but it didn't' come up, but TONS of other Braille alphabets did. When the glue dries, the dots are raised like Braille. We also started our new Read Aloud series....Frog and Toad. I LOVE these books! I'll use my Bloom's Taxonomy questions after each day of reading it...but I also have a Frog and Toad pack And my kiddos have been HARD at work during centers working on all the different activities in my February Common Core Centers. Collective nouns.... Digraphs... Poetry center with 4 different task cards... This is one of my favorite centers - 3 different paragraphs that they have to put in order. They have to use the clues in the sentences to SEQUENCE and figure out which sentence was the topic sentence...reading AND writing skills all in one! Pronouns... vowel teams... AND, I wanted to let you know that I just uploaded my Candy Heart Math pack!! It's a lot like my Fish Math and Marshmallow Math packs....I can't wait to use it on Friday! Snag it up -it's on sale! TpT Here are all the packs I listed in this post, with the links to take you to them! TpT You can grab a freebie for February on {THIS} post! TpT TN Blog on the Shop TpT Shop on the Blog TPT Shop on the Blog store!
An inspiring picture-book biography of Louis Braille—a blind boy so determined to read that he invented his own alphabet. **Winner of a Schneider Family Book Award!** Louis Braille was just five years old when he lost his sight. He was a clever boy, determined to live like everyone else, and what he wanted more than anything was to be able to read. Even at the school for the blind in Paris, there were no books for him. And so he invented his own alphabet—a whole new system for writing that could be read by touch. A system so ingenious that it is still used by the blind community today. Award-winning writer Jen Bryant tells Braille’s inspiring story with a lively and accessible text, filled with the sounds, the smells, and the touch of Louis’s world. Boris Kulikov’s inspired paintings help readers to understand what Louis lost, and what he was determined to gain back through books. An author’s note and additional resources at the end of the book complement the simple story and offer more information for parents and teachers. I have created 25 book extension activities for this title. Activities Include: Cover Page Braille Alphabet Cover Story Pre-Reading Activity Making Connections Before Reading (2 Options) Let’s Take a Picture Walk (2 Options) I Wonder… Formulating Questions Comprehension Questions and Answer Key Compare and Contrast Louis and You Story Map Main Character Portrait All About Louis Identifying Problem and Solution Making Connections Text to Self Making Connections Text to Text Making Connections Text to World What Do You Think? Writing Activity What is the Lesson? Recommend Books for Louis Bookmarks for Louis Cover Art (Design a New Cover) 3-2-1 Summarizing Activity Word Search Book Review (2 Options)
