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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Great game, Carrie - I use a variation on this when I do
presentations or teach graduate students.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>I use white paper plates, 2 chairs and six
people.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>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.
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>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. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>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. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Sheila</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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<A title=carrie.gilmer@gmail.com href="mailto:carrie.gilmer@gmail.com">Carrie
Gilmer</A> </DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, January 11, 2009 3:58
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>
<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 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>
<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"><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,
President</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">National Organization of Parents
of Blind Children</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">A Division of the National
Federation of the Blind</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
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