BLENNZ

Blind and Low Vision Education Network NZ

Sensory efficiency

Accessing Kia Roha Sensory room

BLENNZ RTVs have been making use of the sensory room as a place to give early childhood ākonga new experiences and a chance for whānau to meet and get to… Read more

LEGO Braille Bricks

Gifted by The LEGO Foundation, young Auckland North students who access the curriculum through braille have an additional resource to add to their Braille toolbox – a set of LEGO Braille Bricks. Although the same as regular lego, the bricks have  studs that correspond to numbers and… Read more

Real and meaningful experiences

When introducing our young learners who are blind to new learning through song, books and play, we need to understand what their real life experiences are.  It is through this that concepts and language become meaningful. When Tobi was introduced to… Read more

Homai Early Childhood Centre

Group music and movement sessions form part of the programme at Homai Early Childhood Centre. During some sessions we engage the children through Clonker Board activities (figure 1) and children… Read more

BLENNZ Auckland – Early Childhood Team

“Give me time” Approximately 70% of the Auckland Early Childhood roll have multiple complex needs as well as a vision impairment.  They need to make sense of the world around… Read more

BLENNZ Nelson – Hands-on exploration

We have had a recent teaching focus on the close range exploration of real objects – specifically water creatures – with some of our low vision, primary students. They revelled… Read more