Games for blind toddlers

Here are some of our favorite toys for blind two and three year olds. Everything from alphabet blocks to raised line coloring pages and activity books to puzzles to card and board games And it's all in braille ready for your child to play and learn. Accessible sensory activity kits for blind children are easier to find than you might think and we've been through a lot of them!

How to choose the BEST developmental toys and activities for children who are blind, deafblind or multiply disabled. I talked to an OT about some of the home-made toys she creates for her students to help them learn fine motor skills. Here are six of my favorites! Our favorite accessible math and number toys for teaching numbers, counting and one-to-one correspondence to blind and visually impaired children! How do you know which toys will work best for your blind baby?

Here are some of our favorite toys that are accessible and inexpensive too! The Skwitch is an accessible device that connects to your iPhone, turning your phone into a music making machine with coding and accessibility features too! No screen reader is required. Large Print Bingo Cards Large, heavy-duty Bingo cards with large print black numbers against a white background.

Contains puzzles. Large Print Scrabble Designed in association with the Royal National Institute of the Blind, this scrabble has standard-sized tiles imprinted with large nearly. White tiles contrast with the green board. A large print board and large print user guide are also included. Large Table Top Chess Set Large tabletop chess set with two slide-open drawers that neatly hold all the playing pieces.

White pieces have bumps on top to differentiate against the black pieces. On the board, black spaces are slightly raised over their counterparts, so players can easily recognize playing fields. All spaces have holes to prevent the pieces from sliding around the board.

This feature makes it great for traveling as well as at-home use. Plastic Braille Playing Cards Plastic playing cards that feature regular print and braille. Washable and durable. Scrabble Deluxe Edition Scrabble with a board with ridges that hold the tiles in place and rotates on its turntable base, so the letters face the player putting down the new word. Tactile Scrabble Overlays available.

Shades of Doom Windows-based self-voicing game that creates a virtual reality using sound as its medium. Features multi-dimensional multi-layered sound, immersing the gamer in a world of action and suspense set in the not-too-distant future. Their software works with both Windows and Macs.

Check out their PizzaGames for blind toddlers! Ballyland : Ballyland is a simple, high-contrast game designed specifically for young children who are blind or visually impaired. The game encourages children to interact with the computer keyboard and teaches them where the keys are located and what they do.

Ballyland is produced by Sonokids and is available for Mac or PC. Inclusive Technology : Inclusive Tech makes switches and touch screen software designed to help kids with communication problems. Our son loves the games where he needs to press his switch to get the story or song to continue. Priory Woods : This resource page provides tons of free downloadable games that are switch or touch-screen accessible.

All of their games are free and designed to get your child up and moving.