[Pibe-division] People Braille

Mon Jan 12 02:16:16 UTC 2009

I'm tired... for 'a'  and 'b' you use your left hand... I knew that! 

sorry... my apologies... 
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  From: Sheila Amato 
  To: Professionals in Blindness Education Division List 
  Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2009 9:12 PM
  Subject: Re: [Pibe-division] People Braille

  There is another variation that I saw at a CTEVH (California Transcribers and Educators of the Visually Handicapped) Convention many years ago... let me see if I can describe it adequately with words... it is a "body language experience" for sure.

  The group leader stands with his/her back to the audience. The members of the audience are then able to follow along without having to reverse their position. 

  Left arm/hand is dot 1
  Left hip is dot 2
  Left leg/foot is dot 3

  Right arm/hand is dot 4
  Right hip is dot 5
  Right leg/foot is dot 6

  Thus, when you want to do an 'a', you stick your right arm/hand up in the air and "jiggle" it.

  You want to do a 'b'... so you stick your right arm/hand up in the air and "jiggle" it while simultaneously thrusting your left hip to the left.

  'c' is both arms/hands up in the air.

  'd' is both arms/hands up in the air and right hip to the right

  and so forth... 

  It gets really interesting when you need to use dots 2 and 5 at the same time... 

  When this is done to music, it's quite the fun experience... especially if you're doing it in a group. Kids love this... but as a group of about 100 adults, we had a blast! 

  Sheila
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    From: Carrie Gilmer 
    To: 'Professionals in Blindness Education Division List' 
    Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2009 8:48 PM
    Subject: Re: [Pibe-division] People Braille

    Great minds think alike-it is not the first time we have-smile

    Thanks Sheila!

    Carrie Gilmer, President

    National Organization of Parents of Blind Children

    A Division of the National Federation of the Blind

    NFB National Center: 410-659-9314

    Home Phone: 763-784-8590

    carrie.gilmer at gmail.com

    www.nfb.org/nopbc

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    From: pibe-division-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:pibe-division-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Sheila Amato
    Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2009 4:38 PM
    To: Professionals in Blindness Education Division List
    Subject: Re: [Pibe-division] People Braille

    That's part of the beauty of such a listserv... I learned something new today! 

    If you only do what you've always done... you only get what you've always got. 

    So, thanks for sharing your idea... it's "new" to me!

    Sheila

      ----- Original Message ----- 

      From: Carrie Gilmer 

      To: 'Professionals in Blindness Education Division List' 

      Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2009 5:27 PM

      Subject: Re: [Pibe-division] People Braille

      Great variation Sheila-as usual not only are my ideas sometimes not as ingenious as I first thought they are also more often not totally new!

      Smile. 

      Carrie Gilmer, President

      National Organization of Parents of Blind Children

      A Division of the National Federation of the Blind

      NFB National Center: 410-659-9314

      Home Phone: 763-784-8590

      carrie.gilmer at gmail.com

      www.nfb.org/nopbc

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      From: pibe-division-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:pibe-division-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Sheila Amato
      Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2009 3:32 PM
      To: Professionals in Blindness Education Division List
      Subject: Re: [Pibe-division] People Braille

      Great game, Carrie - I use a variation on this when I do presentations or teach graduate students.

      I use white paper plates, 2 chairs and six people.

      We create a cell by having dots 1 and 4 (2 people, each holding one plate) stand up shoulder to shoulder. Dots 2 and 5 are seated on the chairs in front of them, and dots 3 and 6 sit on the floor directly in front of the folks on chairs. Thus, we have a top, middle, and bottom to our human cell. 

      The 6 participants keep their plates on their lap. When a letter or contraction is called out, the folks who have plates that correspond to dots in that letter or contraction hold their plate up under their chin and face the plate forward. 

      This is also good for folks who have mobility disabilities. I've done this with folks in wheelchairs who were dots 2 and 5, and thus, they were able to participate as well. 

      Sheila

        ----- Original Message ----- 

        From: Carrie Gilmer 

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        Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2009 3:58 PM

        Subject: [Pibe-division] People Braille

        Greetings!

        I came up with this as a new way for my Saturday School kids to have fun with Braille. Not all of my ingenious ideas stick (c'mon!-smile)-hope this one will. Try it with your kids, families and their friends at your seminars or Saturday schools, at your teen nights and student meetings or chapter meetings, with your students in school and to sighted classmates, post it on www.braille.org.

        People Braille

        You will need: a minimum of six people (for each cell)

        A minimum of six frozen pizza cardboard circles (or cut out your own)

        Tape the circles with double sided carpet tape or good old duct tape to the floor about 12 inches apart in the shape of a Braille cell

        Each person represents a dot. For a "round" or game someone would be dot one always and someone dot two, etc.

        For the Braille novice or learner do the alphabet

        For those with grade II knowledge and depending on the size of the group take it up a notch to contractions

        The leader would call out "letter A" and of course only dot one would get on the cell, "letter B" and dots one and two and so on and so forth.

        You could figure a way to keep it competitive and keep score for learners, a penalty for not knowing your dot number needed to get on or off the cell for example.

        I believe this has potential to be a great, fun, active way to get learners to correlate and remember dot numbers with each letter or contraction while getting a sort of mental map, repetition that is not boring works wonders for learning! It is also a great way for siblings and family and interested others to learn. 

        Try it and tell me how it went!  

        Happy Braille to you! 

        Carrie Gilmer, President

        National Organization of Parents of Blind Children

        A Division of the National Federation of the Blind

        NFB National Center: 410-659-9314

        Home Phone: 763-784-8590

        carrie.gilmer at gmail.com

        www.nfb.org/nopbc

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