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Through play, young children can develop skills across all five developmental domains (gross motor, fine motor, language, cognitive, adaptive, and social skills). In addition, children with visual impairments must also acquire vision and compensatory skills, including tactile skills for future braille readers. Given the unique learning needs of students with visual impairments, store-bought toys are rarely useful. In this presentation, we will describe the stages of play by developmental age, describe how particular toys/activities can be used to target visual and compensatory skills, and give several examples of how to create homemade toys from household items.
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