Teaching Life Differently: The Expanded Core Curriculum for Babies and Young Children with Visual Impairment

Sighted children absorb knowledge through incidental learning, observing their surroundings. However, visually impaired students require direct, hands-on experiences for learning. Traditionally, they gained such education outside school, covering recreation, adaptive sports, social life, and career skills. Their education must be systematic and concrete, also encompassing independent living, self-advocacy, and community interaction skills.

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About the Author: Judith (J.C.) Greeley
Judith (J.C. Greeley was a teacher and consultant for infants, toddlers, and preschoolers with visual impairment and other sensory impairments such as deafblindness for over 30 years. She was one of the founders of Anchor Preschool for Blind Children in Denver, Colorado, where she tried to be a living model of the Expanded Core Curriculum, log before it had a name. She retired from ACBC in 2014 before the book was finished and before she had learned all there was about how to make the ECC a joyful living part of families' lives. She is the parent of a teacher for visually impaired preschoolers in New Mexico. J.C. continues her connections to the field of early childhood visual impairment with special interest in the sensory system development as it relates to early learning.
Children who are sighted learn concepts and gain experience through incidental learning, the observation of events and interactions in their environment. Students with visual impairment need to be systematically, sequentially, and concretely taught through hands-on-experiences. Historically, students got this learning through channels other than schools. The teaching of recreation, adaptive sports, social life opportunities, and career education require this specific systematic approach. Individuals with vision impairment may also require specific interventions to learn independent living skills, self-advocacy, and community relationships.

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