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This December our teachers got together to make a new holiday tactile book for some of their families. Each page of this tactile book is dedicated to a different sense – vision, hearing, taste, touch, and smell. The sixth sense is a feeling – the love that you and your family experience during the holidays or any time of year.

Learn how to make our holiday tactile book HERE.



Make Cinnamon Applesauce Ornaments

Homemade cinnamon applesauce ornaments are an easy holiday craft for the whole family. They’re perfect for hanging throughout the house, on the holiday tree, or attaching to a present – and your house will smell like the holidays!

Click HERE for the sensory recipe.

This Montessori musical light-up toy encourages your child to develop fine-motor, tactile, and tummy- time skills. The balls come in five different colors and textures. When your child puts a ball into a hole, the toy lights up and plays music.

One of our parents loves this toy because her daughter likes to explore the balls with her mouth. They have different textures and are made of softer material than hard plastic.

She added, “I also loved that once the ball is in a socket, it lights up and the toy's lights are soft with two brightness settings. My daughter is sensitive to light, yet she needs light for contrast to see."

Need a last-minute gift or a stocking stuffer? We’ve got the list of perfect sensory toys! We compiled our favorites HERE.

Holidays and other special occasions are an important part of our culture but can be challenging for children with special needs.

During the holidays, you want to give your child opportunities to learn the joy of giving and receiving gifts, without overwhelming their senses with wrapping paper, bows, and the excitement of family celebrations.

HERE are some proven strategies to put the joy back into gift giving and receiving for you and your child.

It's not too late to support A Shared Vision and recycle your used sporting goods. From now until December 31 bring your gently used sports equipment to Play It Again Sports, 18851 E. Hampden Avenue, Aurora. A Shared Vision will receive 40% of what each item is priced, and you'll receive a receipt for your tax-deductible donation.

Acceptable donations include footballs, baseballs, adult hockey and Proline golf equipment, snowboarding gear, rollerblade and ice skates, lacrosse helmets and sticks, pickleball paddles, and fitness gear. No bikes, skis, or elliptical machines, please.

To arrange a pick-up of your donation, contact janderson@asharedvision.org or your EI-TVI from A Shared Vision.

Thank you to everyone who donated to A Shared Vision on Colorado Gives Day! These gifts will help us further our impact of identifying and supporting families with young children who are blind or visually impaired.

"We are so thankful to have our teacher as part of our early intervention team! She is a wonderful resource and an even more wonderful person. Her insights and assistance have helped us learn how to best support our child while he learns to navigate the world."

It’s not too late to support A Shared Vision for the 2024 tax season! Remember, your cash gift qualifies for the Colorado Child Care Contribution Tax Credit. Half of your qualifying donation is offset dollar-for-dollar against your Colorado incomes taxes --- 50%! You may also deduct your fully qualifying contribution on your federal income taxes if you itemize deductions.