I am bursting with pride right now. My friend Lynette Rudman (who has been featured once before in this blog) has been honoured in an international competition for her tactile books.
Some years ago, a blind child enrolled at Lynette's nursery school. Lynette quickly discovered that were no picture books aimed at such a child. Until a blind child learned braille, they were restricted to a vicarious enjoyment of books. She decided to fix this, and set about creating a series of tactile books called 'I read with my hands'.
The books are handmade by Lynette and her faithful team.
On impulse, Lynette entered one her books into the 2009 Typhlo and Tactus competition... and won!
If you work with any visually impaired littlies or have visually impaired children of your own, you might be interested in Lynette's books.
Well done, Zinky. Proud of you, girl!
Saturday, January 09, 2010
Tactile books for visually impaired pre-readers
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Braille Institute is looking for virtual volunteers for their new online community site www.solutionsinsight.org/ the new site is focused on helping people with low or failing vision and the people that care for them. Thanks and have a good day :)
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