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Braille Is Beautiful
—A Disability Awareness Program for Sighted Children

This innovative program teaches sighted students how to read and write the Braille alphabet code, and increases students sensitivity and understanding of blind persons. The Braille Is Beautiful program targets grades four through six. However, it can also be used effectively with younger or older children, and in community youth programs as well as in the classroom.

"Braille Is Beautiful is a flexible, hands-on program [that] . . . aims to help sighted students in grades four through six understand not only Braille, but also the many capabilities and achievements of blind people." — NEA Today, April 2002
"After using Braille Is Beautiful, I saw my students become more understanding of children in other areas as well, whether it was a disability or just a kid who wasn't as quick at a given subject." — Fifth Grade Teacher, NEA Today, April 2002
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Teacher’s Guide Economy Kit: $40
Includes: The 100-page Teacher’s Guide in a loose-leaf binder,100 Braille alphabet cards, three paperback books with stories by and about ordinary blind people, master copy of the student instruction book and workbook, and one slate and stylus for writing (embossing) Braille dots. The Teacher’s Guide is structured in five units with a variety of learning formats including group discussions, interactive games, and applied projects. Parts of the program can be used together or alone.

Video Set: $50
Option 1: Includes two videos, Jake and the Secret Code (for children) and That the Blind May Read (adults), a 30-page video discussion guide and resource list with instructions on how to demonstrate writing Braille with a slate and stylus (which are also included in the set), and a Braille alphabet card.

Option 2: A second video of Jake and the Secret Code is substituted for That the Blind May Read.

Combo Set: $75
The Video Set (Option 1 or Option 2) and the Teacher’s Guide Economy Kit.

Curriculum Program: $250
This program has all the materials needed to instruct a typical classroom of children. It includes the Teacher’s Guide, the Video Set (Option 1), 30 sets of the student instruction book and workbook, a ream of Braille paper, 12 sets of slates and styli, 48 paperback books with real and fictional stories about Braille and living with blindness, 30 Braille alphabet cards, a teacher’s guide on teaching Braille writing with a slate and stylus, and materials and instructions for doing Braille service projects.

** Additional Braille Alphabet Cards can be purchased for 3 cents apiece or $3.00 for a pack of 100. **



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