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It’s never too early to introduce your 0-12 month-old baby to books. They enjoy hearing your voice and listening to stories even if they don’t understand them. Reading together is also a great way to bond with your baby. You can make sharing books part of your daily routine, starting with a few minutes at […]

From the ages 1 to 4 your toddler will get more interested in books. Read with them as often as you can and praise them when they try to join in. Your child’s QTVI will help you to decide on the best way for your child to learn to read. Your child may use large print, braille […]

Your blind or partially sighted child may find it harder to see what’s going on around them. This may mean they are less motivated to communicate, so it may take your toddler a bit longer to learn to talk.

Most toddlers learn through sight, so your vision impaired toddler may have less information available to them to learn. But there are many things you can do to help them learn using all their senses to teach them about the world around them.

You should be able to borrow large print, braille and talking books for free from your library.

Braille is a tactile code which enables blind and vision impaired people to read. It uses the alphabet and numbers but your child reads with their fingers. It’s based on 6 raised dots in 2 columns of 3.

Cerebral visual impairment may mean your child finds it difficult to process visual information. It may also be part of a condition which affects your child’s physical development, such as cerebral palsy, or part of a condition affecting their understanding or health.

Some blind or partially sighted children may be sensitive to bright light and glare. You may notice signs like blinking a lot or watery eyes. Some eye conditions may mean children have low or no colour vision. How well they can see may depend on the time of day. For example, if they are tired, […]

Blind and partially sighted babies often don’t crawl by themselves. Sighted children crawl because they see something they want. Moving around a room can be confusing for a vision impaired baby at first. However, there are some easy things you can do to help them with this.