Lana spent the morning visiting the blind/visually impaired preschoolers at Brookhaven Elementary School taught by Diana García-Mejía on July 18, 2018. In this intimate class of eight students, she met students that are fully blind, those that are visually impaired, and that have eyes that function properly but have cognitive processing issues. Various methods were employed to teach these students with varying abilities: braille books for fully blind children, magnifying glasses for visually impaired children, and black boards with shapes for children with cognitive processing disorder to block out distractions and provide visual contrast. Ms.García-Mejía also handed around a toy sailboat after reading a story to the class so that all the students could feel the different textures of the wood and canvas and experience the story in a different way. We are grateful for the opportunity to meet these amazing children and we are looking forward to working on graduation stoles to celebrate their achievements!
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