Sign and Braille for Me
A Story Time Production
A Story Time Production
Effective communication strategies are essential to learning for anyone. Making products visible to those who have difficulty seeing and hearing may present challenges in teaching and learning settings due to costs associated with reaching learners in these audiences. Additionally, educational materials for people with vision problems may be too expensive to purchase or too time-consuming to develop for large classes. In this series of photos, I demonstrate how I make hand-held lacing cards for storytime sessions in destination venues that I set up in communities. The images below are some of the ones that I used in the 2008-2009 educational outreach program for those with hearing (deaf) and vision loss (low vision and deafblind).
The lacing cards are designed to be used as a stand-alone lesson to learn the letters of the alphabet in both English, Braille, and Large Print. Children sing their own version of "Old MacDonald Had A Farm" in rounds using their native language. For those who have hearing problems, we use volunteer American SignLanguage signers (tactile and standard).
The lacing cards are designed to be used as a stand-alone lesson to learn the letters of the alphabet in both English, Braille, and Large Print. Children sing their own version of "Old MacDonald Had A Farm" in rounds using their native language. For those who have hearing problems, we use volunteer American SignLanguage signers (tactile and standard).
Original Donkey Artwork (High Contrast)
Donkey (left) and Horse (right) Puppets with Lacing and Tactile Artwork
Example of Braille, Large Print, and Tactile Artwork for Giraffe Puppet
Example of Large Print for Giraffe Puppet and Tactile Artwork
The large print on the top (back) is designed for the teacher's use when storing the puppets. The large print can assist with keeping track of the puppet when stored.
Smart Signing Hands for Mobile Media
