Beginning with Braille: Firsthand Experiences with a Balanced Approach to Literacy

The text includes creative and practical strategies for designing and delivering quality braille instruction and offers teacher-friendly suggestions for many areas, such as reading aloud to young children, selecting and making early tactile books, and teaching tactile and hand movement skills. Plus, there are tips on designing worksheets, introducing braille contractions, teaching the use of the braillewriter, and facilitating the writing process in braille. Chapters also address guidelines for individualizing instruction, the literacy needs of students with additional disabilities, and assessment of student progress in developing literacy skills.

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Product Type:Braille Learning, Reading and Writing
Authors/Editors:Anna M. Swenson
Media:Book
Format:Print, EPUB
Language:English
Publication Date:2015