[Pibe-division] How to STOP scrubbing While reading Braille
Dr. Denise M. Robinson
dmehlenbacher at yahoo.com
Thu Oct 20 21:05:03 UTC 2011
How to STOP scrubbing While reading Braille
If students are left to their own devices when they first learn to read
braille and no one is checking those fingers, a child will scrub, as in
move finger up and down or around and around on the dots, or any
deviation off these movements. This will not only squash all the braille dots down, scrubbing will make you a VERY slow Braille reader. If you
cannot create enough speed when you read Braille, then comprehension
will be difficult. You have to be able to read a certain amount of
information within a certain period of time or the brain forgets.
Starting off correctly is the best way to begin instruction. Start off
with words that are applicable to the child. They will braille the words
first, for example: I love cats. --Make the sentence short and
double-space every word and sentence and they will rebraille this on
half of an 11 x 11 piece of braille paper. Then they braille a second
sentence: I love dogs. Double-space every word and sentence. For an
example to download and use go to: Beginner Braille Reading
After you use this one lesson, create others that are exactly like this
for them to reread until you see that fluid movement over the braille
page. They need to create a good habit of fluid motion across a page, so
they must know the content they are reading well...this way they do not
have to focus on decoding, but rather the movement. When they want to
braille a contraction, make sure they braille a couple of lines of it,
then read it over and over before putting into a sentence.
If they are already scrubbing the braille, reading from lessons like Beginner Braille Reading will help them break the habit of scrubbing. You will need to be
persistent in breaking this poor practice. A habit takes 30 days to
break or make...keep it up and beautiful braille reading will happen
Denise
Denise M. Robinson, TVI, Ph.D.
CEO, TechVision
Specialist in blind technology/teaching/training
email: yourtechvision at gmail.com
Website with hundreds of lessons: yourtechvision.com
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