Literacy for Everyone with Adapted Books
To integrate reading and writing into communication & language learning we need to have lots of books that are easily accessible. Books should be accessible physically as well as through content and interest. This holds true for ALL learners even those that don’t like books but do like…… wheels. We have made literacy accessible for a young girl who only liked elevators, and a boy who only liked balls, and a young adult who liked Barney books but not much else. It holds true for ALL disabilities, and ALL levels of reading and writing.
For our final September Literacy Strategy of the Month, we wanted to share the abundance of resources for making adapted books. Because when we have great adapted books, literacy is more accessible. Check out these awesome resources for making your own adapted books and for printing out already created adapted books and lessons. We love early literacy adapted books as much as we love adapted chapter books. We have found time and time again, that adapted books are the foundation of opening up a world of literacy for ALL of our learners. Enjoy and feel free to share any other resources you use.
Handout on Adapting Books by Pam Harris– explicit instruction for preparing adapted books
5 Ways to Make Page Fluffers & Spacers– Accessibility for turning pages
Verbs, Verbs, Verbs (Printable Adapted Books Collection) by Ruth Morgan at Chapel Hill Snippets– Wonderful collection of adapted books
Paul V. Sherlock Center on Disabilities- Adapted Literature – Resource for adapted chapter books, lessons, and more
New York City Department of Education: Adapted Books – Great collection of adapted books
Baltimore City Schools- Book Specific Communication Boards– Communication boards to go with adapted books
Dade County Public Schools ESE- Interactive Storybooks– Awesome collection of adapted books
Tar Heel Reader– Adapted books searchable by a wide range of topics and also a resource for writing books. Just read the books first as these adapted books are for ALL ages
SETT BC- Accessible Books– Great collection of adapted books
SLP Corner- Adapted Books by Peg Hutsonp Nechkash at Pedia Staff– Thoughts and resources on adapted books
Adapted Books- Autism Helper– Collection of adapted books and lessons
Accessible & Adapted Books- LiveBinders– Resources on adapted books and writing
Adapted Books Room Eighty Three on Pinterest– Nice curated resources for adapted books
Adapted Books and Related Materials by Special Education Service Agency– Resource for adapted books and related materials
Adaptive Book Fun– Thoughts on adapted books
Filed under: Strategy of the Month
Tagged With: emergent literacy, literacy
This post was written by Robin Parker
9 Comments
Love each and every post on this website! I can literally spend hours reading these!
Wondering about the book you adapted for a girl who loves elevators… I have a student who is OBSESSED with elevators and I’ve been trying to think of a creative way to incorporate it! Would you be willing to share what you did? Thanks!!!! :))))))
Absolutely. I will upload to the e-toolbox in the next day or so (I will let you know when I get it done). Thanks for writing!
Robin,
This is a fabulous post. I have not heard of many of these sites and I know teachers who are looking for ideas.
Thanks so much!
Most of the sites have been closed to viewers outside of the school districts where the materials originated. Very, very sad because I used them all for about 4 years. 🙁
Thanks for the list!
Love this list. I would also recommend http://www.myinteractivebooks.com especially for younger children and students with special needs!
any way to update the list? most of these links no longer work 🙁
Alejandra, thanks for taking the time to comment. Things certainly have changed since this was first published in 2013, and we will try to publish an updated version soon.
Alejandra, this post has updated links: http://bit.ly/2sDkR11 Hope you find it useful!