To celebrate the end of Braille Literacy Month, here are some great resources to help you learn braille!
Have you checked out Hadley’s braille workshops?
Hadley utilizes a revolutionary platform that allows people with or without sight loss to learn Braille. It provides interactive courses, resources and even continuing education credits for those who want to learn the system. The platform is designed to help people from all walks of life, regardless of their level of sight or experience with Braille. With Hadley, anyone can easily learn and understand the basics of Braille in no time. The interactive course includes practical exercises and activities that make learning fun and engaging. It also provides resources such as videos, audio, handouts, and more to help learners understand the system better. With Hadley's help, you can be sure you'll be able to master Braille in no time!
Reading to learn? Follow these simple steps to start learning braille!
Step 1: Go to https://hadley.edu and click Sign Up.
Step 2: Once logged in, click to the Learn tab.
Step 3: Select Braille.
Step 4: Choose how you will be learning, by touch or by sight.
If choosing to learn by touch each workshop will consist of two parts.
When learning by sight, everything is completed through the website.
Step 5: Choose your course and have fun learning braille!!
Learning by sight courses:
Basic Braille by Sight: Reading Series
Contracted Braille by Sight: Reading Series
Basic Braille by Sight: Writing Series
Contracted Braille by Sight: Writing Series
Special Braille Symbols: Reading Series
Special Braille Symbols: Writing Series
Interactive workshops that also provide helpful hints and rules review!
The workshops provide great repetition of letters, concepts, and rules. Complete the lessons at your own pace and start/stop at any time.
In the writing workshop, you’ll use your keyboard to type in braille. Just use the keys sdf (space bar) jkl as your braille keys!
Step 6: Don’t forget to check out the awesome resources that are listed below each lesson!
Flashcards- Interactive flashcards based on each lesson.
More Reading Practice- SimBraille reading practice based on each lesson.
Select the Dots- Interactive “select the dots” cards based on each lesson.
Reading/Writing Passages (PDF)- Braille reading passages based on each lesson. Each passage states the new contraction added and has a passage written in print as well as simbraille. (Great resource to use for data collection! Download and emboss, or email as a .brf to your student!)
For more information on Hadley, visit their website at https://hadley.edu.
