Homeschool Lesson Plans for Blind Child

I'll be posting some of my "adapted" lesson plans I've made for my blind daughter in the upcoming months. She is in Kindergarten, so the plans will focus mainly on fundamentals including the core curriculum for language and math, as well as expanded core curriculum ideas such as self-help and independence skills, orientation and mobility, and of course everything will include braille, textured graphics, hands-on activities, and more!

Please feel free to send us an email or post a comment for an objective you'd like to see an adapted lesson plan for your child! We'd be more than happy to help come up with some ideas for your next theme!

Homeschooling a Blind Child

Top reason for homeschooling in 2007:

• desire to provide religious or moral instruction (36 percent of students)
• concern about the school environment (such as safety, drugs, or negative peer pressure) (21 percent)
• dissatisfaction with academic instruction (17 percent)
• "other reasons" including family time, finances, travel, and distance (14 percent). 
• desire to provide their child with a nontraditional approach to education as the most important reason for homeschooling (7 percent)
• a child's health problems or special needs (6 percent)

In 2007, the number of homeschooled students was about 1.5 million, an increase from 850,000 in 1999 and 1.1 million in 2003.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics. (2009). The Condition of Education 2009 (NCES 2009-081)Indicator 6 .