Braille Question
Hi all,
I was wonder what kind of "tricks" others were using to help their
braille students learn the difference between d, f, h and J. I have a client
for whom I created pages of words with one of those letters and I had him go
through and circle that particular letter. He did great but when we are
reading words he is still experiencing difficulty. Does anyone have
suggestions or ideas? I was just wondering what other people are using.
Yolanta Wuerch
Hi, Yolanta,
Using a piece of paper show the student that the top left corner of the page is shaped like the braille letter f; the top right corner is like the letter d. The bottom right is like a j and the bottom left is like an h. (You could even put those letters on the corners of a piece of paper to show how the braille letters are the same shape as those corners.) Then teach this this little mnemonic: Frisky Dogs Jump High. So as you or your client move from corner to corner clockwise around the paper--top left, top right, bottom right, bottom left--he or she would chant that little saying knowing that the first letter of the word corresponds to the shape of that corner. Frisky Dogs Jump High--f, d, j, h.
HTH,
Sheila
From: Yolanta Wuerch
Sent: Monday, February 07, 2011 5:34 PM
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Subject: [AERNet] Braille Question
Hi all,
I was wonder what kind of "tricks" others were using to help their braille students learn the difference between d, f, h and J. I have a client for whom I created pages of words with one of those letters and I had him go through and circle that particular letter. He did great but when we are reading words he is still experiencing difficulty. Does anyone have suggestions or ideas? I was just wondering what other people are using.
Yolanta Wuerch
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Hi, Yolanta,
If your client is a former print reader, here is another way to help him learn the Braille letters f, d, j, h.
I cut out of sandpaper or foam large capital letters F, D, J, and H. These can be glued onto cards or onto a sheet of paper. Then take some kind of large tactile dots, like velcro dots or buttons, and attach them to the print letters in the form of the braille letters. For example, on the capital letter F, if you put one dot at the top of the vertical line, another dot at the intersection of the vertical line and the lower horizontal line, and another dot at the end of the top horizontal line, the dots will be in the same configuration as the braille letter f. You can do the same thing with the other letters; the H, for example, needs a dot at the top of the left vertical line, one at the intersection of the left vertical line and the horizontal line, and another dot at the intersection of the horizontal line and the right vertical line. The letter J would have dots at the top of the vertical line, halfway down that vertical line, and opposite this dot at the end of the hook. The letter D is the only one which is a little bit tricky, but it still works if you put one dot at the top of the vertical line, one as far to the top and right as possible on the curved line, and the third dot halfway down the curved line of the D. (The trick with the D is to make it as squared off as possible, rather than as curved as possible.)
This technique can even be combined with the other method, the "Frisky Dogs Jump High" method, by gluing your letters at the corners of a sheet of paper and also writing the words under or next to each letter.
Hope this helps.
Best,
Ann
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From: Yolanta Wuerch
To: aernet@lists.aerbvi.org
Sent: Monday, February 07, 2011 5:34 PM
Subject: [AERNet] Braille Question
Hi all,
I was wonder what kind of "tricks" others were using to help their braille students learn the difference between d, f, h and J. I have a client for whom I created pages of words with one of those letters and I had him go through and circle that particular letter. He did great but when we are reading words he is still experiencing difficulty. Does anyone have suggestions or ideas? I was just wondering what other people are using.
Yolanta Wuerch
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