[NFB-Braille-Discussion] Early Braile

[Susan Jolly]

A system used successfully in Australia starts with the whole
word contractions as being easiest anf emphasizes practice practice practice.
Here are some example sentences.
I’like it
Do you like it
As you like it
I have knowledge
I do not like that
Can you do that

One difficulty starting with standard early readers like Dick and Jane is that the braille words might  not be as easy as the print.

Another recently successful method is to ask the reader what words they’d like to learn first. One example was a little girl who chose Lady Gaga and suddenly started being excited about braille after resisting it
I would not be surprised if many people choose their own name as something they’d like to learn first.

Best wishes, Susan Jolly