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Discover fun and creative ideas to encourage play time with toys, light play, music, multi-sensory activities and tactile art. Also find seasonal holiday crafts!
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Toys
Crayola Color Wonder Mess Free Paints
My son was asking to paint after he had at preschool a few times, and I was dreading the mess--but then I found these paints! He gets the same experience...
Sensory Activities
Make Your Own Nontoxic Slime!
This is a super simple recipe for homemade nontoxic slime. It's perfect for kids who tend to put things in their mouth while they play because it's safe! It's still...
Holiday Crafts and Ideas
Tactile Shamrock Fun: Celebrate St Patrick’s Day in the Garden!
Find out the difference between shamrocks and clovers (hint: there isn't any), learn about the different types of shamrocks and discover a fun shamrock craft! Happy St Patrick's Day!
Sensory Activities
Make Your Own Ball Pit!
Making your own ball pit at home is a great way to entertain the kids on a cold winter day. It's also a wonderful multi-sensory activity for special needs kids!
Sensory Activities
A Quilt of Many Textures
Cindy King writes about creating a quilt of many textures for her son Victor who is blind. He loves all the different types of fabric! Cindy will also make a...
Holiday Crafts and Ideas
Valentine’s Day Resources for Families of Children who are Blind or Visually Impaired
FamilyConnect shares accessible ideas for celebrating Valentine's Day with your blind or visually impaired child. They list accessible craft ideas and fun braille gift ideas too!
Holiday Crafts and Ideas
Hot Air Balloon Wheelchair Costume
Here's a fun idea for Halloween - how about transforming your child's wheelchair into a hot air balloon? All you really need is some foam board and cardboard strips to...
Holiday Crafts and Ideas, Tactile Arts and Crafts
Make Your Own Tactile Summer Memory Book
Make a tactile summer memory book with your child who is blind or visually impaired so they can remember what they did over summer break and share with their classmates...
Play, Visual Impairment
Surf Camp for Blind Kids
Indo Jax Surf School's Visually Impaired Summer Camp takes place at Wrightsville Beach in North Carolina for a week each July.The camp gets bigger every year and includes sighted siblings...
iPad Apps and Accessibility, Music Play
Bebot Music App Review
Bebot is a simple sound cause and effect app that makes funny synth robot sounds. Touch the screen and make the robot sing!
Cooking and Kitchen Play
Make Your Own No-Bake Peanut Butter Bars
Baking in the kitchen is a great sensory and learning experience for children who are blind. This recipe for no-bake peanut butter bars is both easy and tasty! A fun...
Sensory Activities
Sugar Search Sensory Activity
Hide toys and shapes under sugar then use a paint brush to find them. This is a fun and easy sensory game - and find tips on how to make...
Music Play
Make Your Own Morris Bells!
Daria shows you how to make morris bells, a folk music tradition from England and the British Isles. Making the bells is easy and dancing with them is fun!
Play, Visual Impairment
Make baseball accessible with Beep Baseball!
Watch a video about beep baseball and the Boston team, the Renegades. The video explains how beep baseball works and follows a couple blind players through their day.
Play
How to Make an Accessible Playground
Liam's mom shows you step-by-step how she created the perfect accessible outdoor play space for her deaf-blind son!