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Empty means there's nothing inside.
Hidden Curriculum of Vision
Empty
Understanding that a person, object, container, or space has little or nothing inside because its contents have been removed, used, or are not present. Applicable Learners Blind Low Vision CVI Multiple Disabilities Autism AAC Users Deafblind Developmental Delays Intellectual Disabilities Early Childhood Elementary Students Emergent Communicators Related Concepts Full All Done More Less Gone Finished Capacity Quantity Comparing Sorting Organization Daily Living Skills Responsibility Cleanup Refilling One of the hid...
Also known as: Nothing Inside
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Children who are sighted naturally develop the concept of empty by observing cups after drinking, empty shelves at stores, toy bins after cleanup, empty classrooms, or mailboxes without mail. They notice visual differences between containers that are full, partially full, and empty. Students with visual impairments may not have access to these visual compar...
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Understanding empty supports language, literacy, mathematics, problem solving, categorization, prediction, communication, daily living, and later abstract learning.
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