| Description |
vi, 50 pages ; 28 cm |
| Note |
The Great Expectations program was created to help parents and teachers bring picture books to life for blind children. Each book is chosen for its unique theme and is supplemented with picture descriptions and free online activities to further explore concepts found within the stories. The online activities are created especially for blind children and use a multi-sensory approach -- through song, tactile play, body movement, engaged listening, and word play -- all designed to promote active reading experiences for children with visual impairments. Parents and teachers will learn how to describe a picture in a book; how to explore a book's visual concepts; how to have fun telling "the whole story;" and how to use play to gain a deeper understanding of a story's meaning. Children will learn how to listen carefully to words, feelings (voice), actions, scene, plot, and character development -- elements that they would otherwise miss by not seeing the pictures |
| Summary |
The Great Expectations program was created to help parents and teachers bring picture books to life for blind children. Each book is chosen for its unique theme and is supplemented with picture descriptions and free online activities to further explore concepts found within the stories. The online activities are created especially for blind children and use a multi-sensory approach -- through song, tactile play, body movement, engaged listening, and word play -- all designed to promote active reading experiences for children with visual impairments. Parents and teachers will learn how to describe a picture in a book; how to explore a book's visual concepts; how to have fun telling "the whole story;" and how to use play to gain a deeper understanding of a story's meaning. Children will learn how to listen carefully to words, feelings (voice), actions, scene, plot, and character development -- elements that they would otherwise miss by not seeing the pictures. |
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Braille.
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Braille -- Study and teaching.
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Braille. (OCoLC)fst00837560
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Braille -- Study and teaching. (OCoLC)fst00837565
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National Braille Press.
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