[NFB-Braille-Discussion] Early Braile

Tue Mar 21 22:29:42 UTC 2023

Good Evening,

I think I contacted the Iowal Library sometime in 2021 as was provided by
their website. I do not remember who I contacted the first time about the
Code Mastery materials. The program I was teaching at then was closed in
the fall of 2019.

Pauline

On Tue, Mar 21, 2023, 12:50 PM Cindy Ray via NFB-Braille-Discussion <
nfb-braille-discussion at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Pauline, whom did you contact.
>
>
> Cindy Lou Ray
> Sent from my iPhone
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> > On Mar 21, 2023, at 10:25 AM, Debbie Gabe via NFB-Braille-Discussion <
> nfb-braille-discussion at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> >
> > Did you try to contact Emily Wharton at Iowa Commission?
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
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> On Behalf Of pauline smith via NFB-Braille-Discussion
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2023 4:51 AM
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> > Cc: pauline smith <zim1993 at gmail.com>
> > Subject: Re: [NFB-Braille-Discussion] Early Braile
> >
> > I also tried to get the Code Master materials to use at my former
> employer and at the small local program where I currently teach four days a
> month. I never received any response to my request.Pauline
> >
> >
> > On March 19, 2023, at 6:48 PM, marianne denning via
> NFB-Braille-Discussion <nfb-braille-discussion at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> >
> > I tried to get this book but have been unsuccessful.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
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> On Behalf Of Debbie Gabe via NFB-Braille-Discussion
> > Sent: Sunday, March 19, 2023 6:44 PM
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> > Cc: Debbie Gabe <dgabe808 at gmail.com>
> > Subject: Re: [NFB-Braille-Discussion] Early Braile
> >
> > Emily Wharton developed the Code Master Curriculum for teaching blind
> adults when she worked at Blind Inc. Now I believe she is at Iowa
> Commission for the Blind?
> > They start also with the alphabetic whole word contractions. Then move
> to the  (sorry, can't think of their name) contractions  what are word
> signs with no contractions in the signs. These are the signs like for the
> words friend, always, neither, also, blind, etc.  Once students have
> learned those, they know about a third of the UEB contractions already.
> Then they go on to learn and for of the with. But the contractin order is
> from easiest and most often used to hardest, so that  students can feel
> more of a sense of accomplishment. Their book also includes a bunch of
> tracking pages, a list of punctuation taught in the book, a list of
> contractions in category grouping, a list of contractions in alphabetical
> order, and a list of changes from EBAE braille.  And the good thing was, at
> least a while ago when I used it for teaching, was that it was free. But
> you need your own embosser. Emily gave out a thumb drive with the
> curriculum (in braille) all formatted to fit on 8.5 by 11 inch paper so
> that students could put it all into a 3 ring binder.
> > The other thing about it is that the instructor needs to know the rules
> of UEB very well. They are taught by  deduction or inference from the
> examples. They are not stated as rules.
> > But I found that the order of contractions was really good compared to
> how I learned them. And it was free. And still may be free.
> > Students were really happy to get a count of the number of contractions
> they had learned without too much trouble especially initially. It wasn't
> so overwhelming that way.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: NFB-Braille-Discussion <nfb-braille-discussion-bounces at nfbnet.org>
> On Behalf Of Susan Jolly via NFB-Braille-Discussion
> > Sent: Saturday, March 18, 2023 5:58 PM
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> > Cc: Susan Jolly <easjolly at ix.netcom.com>; Ken Lawrence <
> kenlawrence124 at aol.com>
> > Subject: [NFB-Braille-Discussion] Early Braile
> >
> > 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
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