Create symbol based communication and educational materials to support the literacy needs of any student. The program includes over 4500 symbols and 22 different languages.
Ten terrific classroom activities that use the newspaper to teach all
sorts of valuable skills -- including reading and writing for meaning, map reading, media literacy, sequencing, word meaning, and math.
Page fluffers are helpful in fostering independent literacy skills. Page fluffers are simple adaptations made to books or other reading material that make pages more accessible to turn. Page fluffers increase the space between the pages of a book, allowing those with
limited fine motor skills to get their fingers between each page therefore making it easier to turn a page. You can use a variety of different materials to make page fluffers. A fluffer can be glued, taped, or clipped to the corner of each page.
"Our site includes interactive learning games, quizzes, and worksheet generator tools by subject (creative arts, foreign languages, language arts, math, science, social studies), articles, literacy coloring pages and more."
Searchable!
This ever-growing library consists of totes containing a hard copy of a book, a Literacy Planner, a Reading Communication Board, props, and more! Many of the resources created/reproduced come from sites including KizClub (http://kizclub.com) for props, Baltimore City Schools (http://bit.ly/BCSchools) for Boardmaker visual supports, Making Learning Fun (www.makinglearningfun.com) for theme-based activities.
UDL Wikispaces Wiki created using Glogster.Interactive Wiki providing a variety of information and support for implementing a UDL framework within educational environments
Karen Janowski's wiki contains an amazing array of free UDL tools and resources for all classrooms, including math, literacy, study skills, research, and much more.
"Bookmaking is one of the most satisfying literacy experiences an adult can share with a child. The process of creating a book promotes oral language and fine motor skills, while developing many important literary concepts."
"This website is dedicated to promoting early tactile literacy among blind and severely visually impaired children in their preschool years, and for emerging Braille readers. "