APH is pleased to offer an exciting field test opportunity for Building on Patterns, Second Edition, Kindergarten. This is a complete revision of the current BOP Kindergarten curriculum. It is more comprehensive, based on current grade level standards, and built around authentic children’s literature. (Of the current BOP levels, it is most similar to BOP Pre-K.) This curriculum may be used as a stand-alone program or flexibly along with the regular kindergarten curriculum.

For this field test, we seek Teachers of Students with Visual Impairments (TSVIs) with tactual or dual media learners

• who are ready for academic instruction at the kindergarten level (including students who are older),
• with or without prior exposure to braille,
• with or without additional disabilities, and
• who may or may not live in English-speaking homes.

Field testing will begin at the start of the 2023-24 school year. If you are interested in becoming a part of this effort to help ensure that APH truly meets the needs of braille-learning students and TSVIs, please complete this survey by April 28, 2023.

If you have questions, please contact Cathy Senft-Graves, cgraves@aph.org, 502-899-2281.