Online balanced literary resources for students with disabilities 

From the Marshall Memo #449

– In this Teaching Exceptional Children article, Christina Carnahan (University of Cincinnati), Pamela Williamson (University of North Carolina/Greensboro), Aleksandra Hollingshead (University of Cincinnati), and Maya Israel (University of Illinois/Urbana Champaign) recommend these websites (among others):

• The Four Blocks Model – http://www.wfu.edu/education/fourblocks 

• About Four Blocks and Building Blocks – http://www.cherylsigmon.com/about.asp 

• Tar Heel Reading – http://tarheelreader.org 

• Public Broadcasting Service stories – http://pbskids.org/lions/stories 

• Children’s digital library – http://www.storyplace.org 

• Famous actors reading books – http://www.storylineonline.net 

• Tactile books: http://www.med.unc.edu/ahs/clds/resources/tactual-book-kit-directions 

• Solo Literacy Suite – http://www.donjohnston.com/products/solo 

• Route 66 – http://www.route66literacy.org/index.shtml