Early & Emergent Literacy

Ten Tips to Prepare Your Child to Learn to Read Braille.
Learning to read actually begins at birth. The process includes developing basic cognitive concepts, motor skills, language and communication, and more. Children learning to read braille need to develop their fine motor skills and tactile discrimination as well. If you’re a parent, it can be overwhelming. Here are 10 tips for getting started. For more click HERE.

Eight Tips to Introduce Reading to Your Young Child Who Is Blind.
You’ve just been told your new baby has a visual impairment, or that your toddler is losing her vision. Reading may not be the first thing that comes to mind, but at some point you’ll most likely think, “How will my child learn to read?” For more click HERE.

Cozying Up to Literacy: Getting Started with Interaction and Bonding.
Learning to read, like learning language, begins the moment we’re born. They are immersive processes. A child learns through sensory-rich experiences with words like warm, sour, soft, and bouncy mean. It is playing on the floor with the family pets that teaches her the difference between Ruffin’s “dogness” and Fluffy’s “catness.” How does this immersion begin? For more click HERE.

Reading Tips for Parents of Babies. 
It’s never too early to read to your baby. As soon as your baby is born, he or she starts learning. Just by talking to, playing with, and caring for your baby every day, you help your baby develop language skills necessary to become a reader. For more click HERE.

Reading Tips for Parents of Toddlers. 
Being a toddler is all about ACTION. Encourage continued language development
and interest in books and reading by keeping things lively and engaging.  For more click HERE or HERE (en Espanol).

Ten Tips to Introduce Reading to a Young Child Who Is Blind or Visually Impaired. 
One of the first and most important things to remember when introducing books and literacy experiences to a young child with a visual impairment is that the child is a child first. While there are certain tips and techniques that will make reading more meaningful and pleasurable for children who are blind or visually impaired, many of the same principles apply to ALL children.For more click HERE.

How to Make an Experience Book. 
Children who are blind or visually impaired develop meaningful concepts through experiences.  While a child with sight might understand what a dog is by an illustration in a book, a child who is blind or visually impaired might need to pet a dog and hear it bark. For more click HERE.

Let’s Make a Texture Book. 
Early literacy begins in the first three years of a child’s life.  A texture book is a simple solution and they’re easy to make yourself.  It might become your child’s favorite book! For more click HERE.

Early Emergent Literacy. 
Literacy begins at birth and builds on relationships and experiences that occur during infancy and early childhood.  It takes intentional planning to provide meaningful early learning experiences on which to build literacy skills.  Here are seven suggestions of "what to do" and "things to consider."  For more click HERE.

Planning Literacy Instruction for Children with Deaf-Blindness. 
There is a lot to consider when planning literacy instruction for children with deaf‐blindness.  These questions will help you plan successfully.  For more click HERE.

Easy to Create Story Boxes. 
A Story Box is a way for young children with visual impairments to experience a story. It is an early literacy event that can easily fit into your daily routines as well as a tool to enhance the learning of concepts. It's a fun, interactive learning experience for children and adults alike.  For more click HERE.

Making a Story Box. 
Making a story box is fun and easy!  Here are three steps for you to enjoy a story box with your child.  For more click HERE.

photo: Perkins School for the Blind