Bite into Our New Sensory Recipe

Although this recipe from Healthy Family Project is so easy it doesn’t need instructions, we found lots of sensory opportunities even in the simplest task of filling phyllo cups with yogurt and chopped fruit.

When you make these tartlets with your child, you’ll help them build fine motor skills and finger dexterity, which are important if your child will read braille one day. Click HERE for the recipe.




Make a Bubble Book

Texture books are board books with fabric, fur, leather, or other materials glued on each page. They introduce very young children to the concept of a book with pages. They also help children who are visually impaired learn early tactile skills, which are critical for understanding braille.


This texture book is inspired by a popular rhyme about bubbles. Learn how to make a bubble book HERE.


Why Are My Baby's Eyes So Important?

Vision is like a three-piece orchestra. The eye, the optic nerve, and the brain all need to work together harmoniously so your child can learn about and interact with their environment. According to experts, vision is also responsible for 80 to 90% of your child’s early learning. This means that if your child is having difficulty seeing clearly, their development can be affected.


Learn how your baby’s eyes develop and what you can do if you have concerns about their vision HERE.

What We Love Now

While very young children with a visual impairment might not be jumping in the swimming pool quite yet, the concepts of water, bathing, and water play can still be introduced in a fun, accessible way.


For example, one of our teachers loves these ABC Friends Magic Color Bath Books. The animals in the brightly colored illustrations appear when the book is submersed in water or the pages painted with a wet paintbrush.

Anschutz Family Foundation Invests in

A Shared Vision

We are so grateful for the Anschutz Family Foundation who just awarded a $10,000 grant to A Shared Vision. This is $2,500 more than their previous award in 2022. This generous grant will help us:

  • Further close the gap in identifying all very young children with blindness or visual impairments in rural areas across the state through vision screening and additional trainings to the pediatric community;
  • Meet the growing demand for vision services by attracting and retaining EI-TVIs around the state;
  • And support our families through consistent, high-quality delivery of in-home services.

Reminder! Vision Screening Training

On-Demand

Do you like to work at your own pace? The Vision Screening Parent Questionnaire training from A Shared Vision is being offered as an hour-long on-demand instructional video, so you can start and stop the training at any point without losing your place. Learn more HERE.

A Shared Vision is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit and the leading provider of in-home and community early intervention vision services in Colorado. We inspire and empower families to nurture the development of their very young children who are blind or visually impaired so that all children may discover their brightest future.
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