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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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Fashionability: Inclusive Style
A website which helps blind and visually impaired girls choose and apply flattering cosmetics independently.
Orientation and Mobility, Toys
Go Wheelie: An Early Mobility Toy?
The Go Wheelie features an easy turning steering wheel and makes a fun clicking noise as children drive to their destination. It provides a fun, safe way for children to...
Toys
Adaptive Equipment for Dolls with Special Needs
Lakeshore Learning sells adaptive equipment that you can pair with any of their multiethnic school dolls. You can choose a doll that looks like your child (they offer many different...
Holiday Crafts and Ideas
Make Your Own Egg Hunt Sensory Game!
With just a tray, some uncooked rice and a few hidden plastic easter eggs you can create a fun sensory game for your blind child. We'll give you some ideas...
Toys
Noggin Stik Developmental Light-up Rattle
The NogginStik Developmental Light-up Rattle lights up red, blue and green to stimulate a baby’s eyes and to encourage visual tracking. It has a textured body and is easy to...
Holiday Crafts and Ideas
Make Your Own Marshmallow Dreidel!
Make Marshmallow Chanukah Dreidels with a pretzel stick, a marshmallow, a dab of frosting and a hershey's kiss. Yum!
Holiday Crafts and Ideas, Visual Impairment
10 Sensory Christmas Activities for Children who are Blind
During the holidays we are baking, decorating and spending time with family and friends. Get your kids involved by having them help in the kitchen, create Christmas decorations or make...
Holiday Crafts and Ideas
Make Your Own Braille Apple Cinnamon Ornaments!
Everyone knows that mixing applesauce and cinnamon creates an aromatic dough that can be turned into ornaments that smell so lovely! But did you know that you can add cloves...
Cooking and Kitchen Play, Holiday Crafts and Ideas
Making Holiday Peppermint Chocolate Chex Mix!
This recipe for Peppermint Chocolate Chex Mix is easy, delicious and perfect for Christmas snacking or gifts. It's also a fun and simple way to get your child involved in...
Cooking and Kitchen Play, Holiday Crafts and Ideas
Making Christmas Tree Brownies!
A simple recipe for Christmas Tree Brownies that is a great baking activity for children who are blind or multiply disabled.
Holiday Crafts and Ideas
Make Your Own Felt Tactile Christmas Tree
This tactile Christmas tree craft is great for blind children or children with multiple disabilities. It's easy and accessible and you can also change the ornaments on your tree throughout...
Holiday Crafts and Ideas
Make Your Own Apple Jacks Christmas Wreath Ornament!
Learn how to create a Christmas ornament out of Apple Jacks, a pipe cleaner and a mini candy cane. This is a great fine motor activity and a fun craft...
Toys
The No Button
A very simple idea, but kind of ingenious at the same time, this button simply yells no! every time you press it.
Holiday Crafts and Ideas
Make Your Own Teethy Pumpkin
Here's a fun and easy halloween pumpkin idea: use vampire teeth and sticky eye balls to make your jack-o-lantern's face! Kids will have fun helping and it's very tactile, too!
Holiday Crafts and Ideas
Honey Bee Wheelchair Costume!
Find out how to make your very own honey bee wheelchair costume using a cardboard box to create the bee hive and a striped yellow and black shirt.