Division on Visual Impairments

DVI Quarterly Volume 59(3)

A quarterly newsletter from the Council for Exceptional Children's Division on Visual Impairments containing practitioner tips for Teachers of Students with Visual Impairments, Certified Orientation and Mobility Specialists, and other professionals.

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; Lorem Ipsum Dolor Spring 2016 8 Build-it-braille Did you know that Mega Bloks from Mega Brands are the perfect braille building blocks? These blocks are readily available in toy stores and the single and triple blocks can be formed to make an interactive braille cell! Fisher-Price The Stack 'n Surprise Blocks Musical Croc Block Wagon and the Count and Build Snail Pail (pictured here) from Fisher-Price feature the perfect 6-dot cells for young children. These interactive toys are great for getting little hands on braille early! The American Printing House for the Blind (APH) has a fantastic device called the Swing Cell for teaching the concept of the braille cell splitting and has pegs to place in the dots. A couple of parents who have participated in Braille Babies were so fascinated by the use of Mega Blocks as a device similar to APH's Swing Cell, that they fashioned various hooks to make their own split cell out of these blocks. To use the Mega Blocks cell, make two braille cells and present letters for your child to copy. Also, try constructing an actual braillewriter for fun out of Mega Blocks! These activities work best with Mega Blocks and not some of the other interlocking blocks, as the availability of single and triple blocks found in many Mega Block kits yield to making a 6 dot cell. 35

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