Visitors from 'over the pond'

We were visited by our friend Kevin from the USA last week. At the moment he is training to be a teacher of the visually impaired. It was great to see him again and also some of the resources he brought over for us to have a look at. In the US they have some excellent resources for the VI. 

Kevin brought along and infant braille reading scheme, which was very interesting to compares to the RNIB schemes. He also brought an abacus. Not a normal abacus, but a 'Cramner Abacus' which is designed especially for use by the visually impaired.

We are now looking to see whether this could be used by our pupils to help them develop their mathematical skills.