Happy Passover
A Letter from an Eliya Graduate
Shalom! My name is Noa, I am 37-years old, married with one child, and I live in Rishon LeZion. I was born with a cataract, which developed into glaucoma, and as a result I.I can see only with one eye. I have been issued with a Certificate of Blindness and Visual Impairment. As a young […]
Games and activities for young children with impaired vision
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Ut elit tellus, luctus nec ullamcorper mattis, pulvinar dapibus leo.Eliya Centers for blind and visually impaired babies and young children place great emphasis on encouraging the children to become independent and to gain confidence in their ability to achieve self-sufficiency. This will improve the children’s future capabilities […]
Visiting ELIYA’s Day Care Center in Petach Tikva – a personal reflection
ELIYA opens its doors and welcomes visits in its Day Care Centers from students studying health care and education professions. About two months ago, we received a very moving letter from Goren Dayan, a student studying for his master’s degree in the program: “Technology and Learning” at the School of Education, Tel Aviv University, who […]
From darkness to light – improving visual function in children with visual impairment
By Sarit Levy, National Vision Instructor at Elia. How do you help children with visual impairment improve vision skills even when there are few visual residies and why is this so important? Meet the DarkRoom – the therapeutic tool for improving vision function that holds great light. There are children with visual impairment who have […]
A New Look at Life
By Heli Ben Elisha, Kindergarten Teacher at Eliya and the mother of a daughter with visual impairment When our daughter Shira, now aged 13, sits in the classroom she cannot read from the board even if she sits in the front row. She has difficulty seeing small details and from a distance of more than […]
Jewish Holidays
Feast of Sukkot Join Roy and together with him they taught about the scenario of building a sukkah. Read and see what accessories are required: hammer, nails, planks, fabrics, thatch and decorations. And what sequence of actions is required for the sukkah construction scenario. A recommendation for preparing a tangible book for children is to […]
Vision exercise on Ramadan
The month of Ramadan is at the beginning and elia is happy to greet all the children and staff in our proximity, who are celebrating this holiday, with the blessing of Happy holiday. Easy fasting with a lot of happiness, joy and health. In honor of the holiday, we prepared special vision training for the […]
Distance learning
The Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired (TSBVI) serves nearly 11,000 students with blindness or visual impairment across Texas. From birth to age 22. The school's programs include a system of special education, education and family involvement within various communities throughout Texas and providing assistance to students, educational service centers, personal training throughout […]
Cooking with children
Playing and cooking in the kitchen can be great fun. The kitchen is a central part of the house and that's where our dishes are for cooking and eating. The kitchen is rich in fun learning opportunities even from a very young age. In the kitchen, the child learns: Explore his world through his senses […]
