[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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