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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi, This is a great idea. How about having 2 sets
of cells and 2 different teams. The teams could race to see who can make the
letter or contraction first. As the groups get better you could have multiple
cells per team so you could do signs like already etc. Have fun!
Bran</FONT></DIV>
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Gilmer</A> </DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, January 11, 2009 2:58
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Pibe-division] People
Braille</DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Greetings!<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I came up with this as a new way
for my <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Saturday</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">School</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> 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
<A
href="http://www.braille.org">www.braille.org</A>.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">People
Braille<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">You will need: a minimum of six
people (for each cell)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">A minimum of six frozen pizza
cardboard circles (or cut out your own)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">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<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Each person represents a dot. For
a “round” or game someone would be dot one always and someone dot two,
etc.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">For the Braille novice or learner
do the alphabet<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">For those with grade II knowledge
and depending on the size of the group take it up a notch to
contractions<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">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.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">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.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">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.
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Try it and tell me how it went!
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Happy Braille to
you! <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Carrie Gilmer,
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">National Organization of Parents
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