Story w88 slot online: A Hands-On Literacy Experience

By: Norma Drissel |Reprinted with Permission

What is a w88 slot online Box?

It is simply a collection of items in a box or bag that corresponds to the items mentioned in a w88 slot online. A w88 slot online Box is a way for young children with visual impairments to experience a w88 slot online. 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. In short, it is a fun, interactive learning experience for children and adults alike.

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• It takes more time to figure out w88 slot online an object or shape is through tactual exploration than through vision. A tactual learner needs to examine parts of an item separately then put the information they have gathered together to gain full understanding of the item
• Words are just symbols representing ideas and concepts. Without meaning words are a series of disconnected sounds and letters. Hands-on w88 slot online help to provide meanings to words.
• You need not present all the items in a box with each reading. Determine w88 slot online's interest and attention so as not to overwhelm her.
• Share your story w88 slot online with young sighted children. They are very popular.

Why Story w88 slot online?

The purpose of a story box is to create hands-on literacy experiences for your child. Educators have long emphasized the information through the experiences that they have. This is how they develop an understanding of how things relate. These experiences give meaning to their lives through the development of concepts. Literacy emerges from hands-on experiences for all children. Sighted children's experiences are rich with opportunities for learning that occur by chance; however, children with Visual Impairments seldom, if ever, take in information accidentally. Yet teachers often expect that the youngster with blindness comes to school with the same information that sighted children have picked up on TV, through pictures, etc. Hence, the importance of hand-on experiences such as Story w88 slot online for young learners with blindness.

Making a w88 slot online Box in 3 Easy Steps

Step 1: Books, Books Everywhere: Choosing a w88 slot online

• When selecting a story for your child, choose one that is simple and tells about familiar objects and concepts. Story w88 slot online can range from very concrete hands-on to the more complex and abstract.
• Initially a box might contain items that your child uses during daily routines. You can make up a w88 slot online about the routine or family activity. Your child may be the main character of your w88 slot online. It can be about a trip to Grandparents, bath time or mealtime, a playtime with dad. No book is really needed.
• Choose books about familiar activities. Those stories will be meaningful for w88 slot online.
• Variety is fun. Expose w88 slot online to different types of books. Feel free to adapt them, to make the book more accessible and interesting. Simple board books can be enhanced with Braille Dymo tape. Twin Vision books provide enrichment for siblings as well. Sound books can be made accessible by affixing a little texture to the spot one must depress to activate.
  • Choose books that have characters and items that are readily available. Remember the complexity of the w88 slot online and the number of items presented should be suited to your child. Often simple is better.
• Choose a w88 slot online to match your child's attention span. Short and sweet works well for young children.
• Choose a book that does not rely on visual experiences or pictures to provide meaning to the w88 slot online.
• Choose w88 slot online that are predictable and that have rhythm and rhyme.

Step 2: Getting it all Together: How to Actually Construct the w88 slot online Box

• Choose an appropriate w88 slot online.
• Select corresponding items. You may choose to go on a shopping spree but often collecting familiar objects from w88 slot online household will do just fine.
• Place the book and items in a storage container. Although many folks us Zip-Lock bags or shoe w88 slot online, sweater-sized plastic containers are preferable as they are likely to stack, thus affording you an opportunity to establish a story box “library.” They are also sturdy enough to bear up under the wear and tear of children's hands. (Note: prying these w88 slot online open is a beneficial activity which develops the hand strength needed to use Braille).
• Label the exterior of the container. A tactile marker will enable you and your child to read the title; e.g. three pieces of fake fur might be a good label for the w88 slot online of Goldilocks and the Three Bears.

Step 3: Reading the w88 slot online

• Handle the objects in the box one at a time giving w88 slot online lots of time to explore. Comment on the item's size, its shape, its texture and name the item. Children with blindness benefit from an adult's modeling the function of the item. If it's a spoon, pretend to eat. If it's a shoe, try it on. Allow the child to explore freely. Compare items.
• After tactually exploring the items place them aside. Read the w88 slot online and once again present the items as they are mentioned in the w88 slot online. Avoid clutter. Too many items at once can be very confusing for young children with blindness.
• When reading, have fun. Use sound effects and dramatic intonation to peak w88 slot online's interest.
• When you are finished with the w88 slot online box put clear closure on the activity by having your child help place the objects back in the box, thus providing another opportunity to handle the objects.
• Children can experience the same w88 slot online box at many levels over time. Some children will want to handle the book and find the Braille on the page. Others will enjoy anticipating and identifying their favorite items, while still others will memorize the book and tell the w88 slot online to the adult.

Some Suggested Story w88 slot online for Young Children

• Bathtime, M. Roffey - Clothes, bathrobe, towel, face cloth, pajamas, w88 slot online book, pillow.
• Blueberries for Sal, R. McKloskey - Large pail, w88 slot online, berries to cover bottom of large pail, 4 berries to clunk into w88 slot online.
• Good Night Moon, M. W. Brown - Mylar Balloon, picture frame, three plush bears, doll house, furry mouse, bowl, plush kittens, mittens, toy phone, clock, socks, comb, brush, star w88 slot online.
• Strega Nona, T. de Paola - Pasta, Pot with lid, bowl, fork.
• The Three Little Pigs , Golden Sound w88 slot online, Golden Books. - Brick, sticks, hammer, straw
• If w88 slot online Give a Mouse A Cookie! By Laura Joffe Numeroff, Harper & Row (also on tape). - Cookie, cup, milk container, straw, mirror, scissors, dust broom, sponge, blanket, pillow, crayons, tape, paper.
• The Foot w88 slot online , by Dr. Seuss, Random House. - Slippers, towels, cotton balls, toy clown, big shoes, small shoes.
• The Jacket I Wear w88 slot online Snow by Shirley Neilzel, Scholastic Press. - Red wool hat and scarf, zippered jacket, sweater, boots, long underwear, socks, jeans.
• The Saucepan Game by J Ormerod, Lee & Shepard w88 slot online. - Pan with a lid, stuffed toy cat.