Visual Reading Aids
Overview
Visual supports, like text magnification, colored overlays, and guided reading strip, help students focus and properly track as they read. Finding the right visual reading aid for students can help support Visual Processing and increase their speed of reading, particularly for those with Vision needs.
Example: Use This Strategy in the Classroom
Starting at 13:40, watch how this teacher explains how to use color overlays to support students who have a difficult time reading with white backgrounds. Providing reading aids allows for equitable access to the content material and therefore to successful academic experiences.
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Learn how BeeLine Reader uses color and focus to support fluent reading. By adding a color gradient from one line to another, learners can read with greater fluency and accuracy.
Additional Resources
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Factors Supported by this Strategy
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Brain breaks that include movement allow learners to refresh their thinking and focus on learning new information.
Providing physical and virtual representations of numbers and math concepts helps activate mental processes.
Connecting information to music and dance can support Short-term and Long-term Memory by engaging auditory processes, Emotions, and physical activity.
Incorporating multiple senses with strategies like chewing gum, using a fidget, and sitting on a ball chair supports focus and Attention.
Using earplugs or headphones can increase focus and comfort.
Transforming written text into audio activates different parts of the brain to support learning.
