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Braille for Everyday Use

Workshop 3: Letters h through j

Opening

Hadley presents Braille for Everyday Use, Workshop 3: Letters h through j.

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Let’s learn the letters h-i, and j.

Feel the braille in the top left corner of the page. This is the letter “h,” dots 1-2-5.

The letter h uses the top two dots on the first side of the braille cell and the middle dot on the second side of the braille cell.

A hint to remember the h is to think of the top half of a lowercase print h.

Below the middle line you’ll find three rows of h’s.

Place your fingers on the letter h at the beginning of the first row. No need to count; just feel each row of h’s from left to right.

Turn the page.

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Feel the two braille letter h’s in the top left corner of the page, dots 1-2-5.

Below the middle line you’ll find three rows of h’s.

Find the letter h at the beginning of the first row. From left to right, count the number of h’s in the first row.

There are nine h’s in this row.

Now, count the number of h’s in the second row.

If you counted five, you found them all.

And last, count the number of h’s in the third row.

There are seven.

Turn the page.

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Feel the full cell and the letter h in the top left corner of the page.

Let’s practice reading the full braille cell and the letter h.

Below the middle line you’ll find three rows of braille.

Place your fingers on the letter h at the beginning of the first row.

Count only the number of h’s in the first row.

There are four h’s in the first row.

Now let’s look at the second row. How many full braille cells are in this row?

There are five full braille cells.

And how many h’s are in the third row?

If you found six h’s, you’re right.

If you’d like another try on this page, just hit the Replay button at the bottom of the screen.

When you’re ready, turn the page.

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Feel the braille in the top left corner of the page. This is the letter “i,” dots 2-4.

The letter i uses the middle dot on the first side of the braille cell and the top dot on the second side of the braille cell.

A hint to remember the dot pattern for i is to think about an increasing line on a graph.

Below the middle line you will find three rows of i’s.

Place your fingers on the letter i at the beginning of the first row. No need to count; just feel each row of i’s from left to right.

Turn the page.

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Feel the two braille letter i’s in the top left corner of the page. I is dots 2-4.

Below the middle line you will find three rows of i’s.

Find the letter i at the beginning of the first row.

From left to right, count the number of i’s in the first row.

There are six i’s in the first row.

Now, how many i’s are in the second row?

If you counted eight, you found them all.

And last, count the number of i’s in the third row.

There are four.

Turn the page.

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Feel the full cell and the letter i in the top left corner of the page.

Let’s practice reading the full braille cell and the letter i.

Below the middle line you’ll find three rows of braille.

Place your fingers on the letter i at the beginning of the first row.

Count only the number of i’s in the first row.

There are five i’s in the first row.

Now move to the second row and count only the full braille cells.

There are five full braille cells in the second row.

How many i’s are in the third row?

If you found six i’s, you’re right.

Turn the page.

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Feel the braille in the top left corner of the page. This is the letter “j,” dots 2-4-5.

The letter j uses the middle dot on the first side of the braille cell and the top two dots on the second side of the braille cell.

To remember j, think of the print letter j. The braille j is shaped like the letter j.

Below the middle line you’ll find three rows of j’s.

Place your fingers on the letter j at the beginning of the first row. No need to count; just feel each row of j’s from left to right.

Turn the page.

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Feel the two braille letter j’s, dots 2-4-5, in the top left corner of the page.

Below the middle line you’ll find three rows of j’s.

Find the letter j at the beginning of the first row.

From left to right, count the number of j’s in the first row.

If you said seven, you’re right!

Now, how many j’s are in the second row?

There are five j’s in this row.

And last, count the number of j’s in the third row.

There are nine.

Turn the page.

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Feel the full braille cell and the letter j in the top left corner of the page.

Let’s practice reading the full braille cell and the letter j.

Below the middle line you’ll find three rows of braille.

Place your fingers on the letter j at the beginning of the first row.

Count only the number of j’s in the first row.

There are four j’s in the first row.

Now count only the full braille cells in the second row.

There are five full braille cells in the second row.

And how many j’s are in the third row?

If you found five j’s, you’re right.

Turn the page.

Page 10

Feel the letters h and i in the top left corner of the page.

Below the middle line you’ll find one row of mixed braille letters.

Place your fingers at the beginning of the row and count the number of j’s.

There are three j’s in this row.

Now, count the number of h’s.

If you counted five h’s, you’re right.

If you miss some, just replay the page at the end and try again.

And finally, how many i’s are there?

If you found four, you found them all.

Turn the page.

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Feel the letters h and j in the top left corner of the page. H is like the print letter h and J is like the print letter j.

Below the middle line you’ll find three rows of braille letters.

Which row has the h’s?

If you found the third row, you’re right.

Next find the row of i’s.

It’s the first row.

And finally, find the row of j’s.

The j’s are in the second row.

Turn the page.

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Feel the letters i and j in the top left corner of the page.

Below the middle line you’ll find three rows of mixed braille letters.

Place your fingers on the i at the beginning of the first row.

Including this one, count the number of i’s in this row.

There are three i’s in the first row.

Now place your fingers on the j at the beginning of the second row. Including this j, how many j’s are in the row?

If you said two, you’re right.

Finally, place your fingers on the h at the beginning of the third row. Now count all the h’s in the third row.

There are three.

Turn the page.

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Feel the letters h-i-j in the top left corner of the page.

Below the middle line there are three boxes containing two letters each. Use your scanning skills to find the box that contains the letters j-i.

The middle box contains the letters j-i.

Now find the box that contains the letters h-i.

If you picked the first box, you got it.

Finally find the box that contains the letters j-h.

The letters j-h are in the last box.

Turn the page.

Page 14

Feel the letters e-f-g, and h at the top of the page.

Below the middle line there are three rows of braille. Each row has six letters.

One of these rows has the letters in alphabetical order.

Read the three rows to find which one has the letters in alphabetical order.

Did you find the third row is in alphabetical order?

This row says e-f-g-h-i-j.

If this is challenging, just replay this page and try again. There’s no hurry. And Hadley’s here to help, too. Just give us a call.

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Feel the letters h-h and j-j in the top left corner of the page. Letters are often used close together to save space when labeling items.

Below the middle line you’ll find two rows of letters together.

In the first row, find the h-h for “high heels.”

The third set of letters is h-h.

In the second row, find the letters that could stand for “jean jacket.”

If you chose the fourth set, j-j, that’s great.

Turn the page.

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Feel the letters g-h-i, and j at the top of the page. Sometimes people like to use one letter to label and alphabetize things, like their music collection, so it’s easier to find a favorite artist.

Below the middle line, there are four boxes.

Inside the boxes are letters that could be used to label your CD collection.

Find the box you would use to label the soundtrack from “Hamilton.”

The second box has an h.

Now, which would you use for the “Indigo Girls?”

The first box has an i.

If you label your CDs with the artist’s first name, which label would you use for “Glenn Miller?”

If you said the last box, with a g, you found it.

And what about the “Jackson 5?” Which works for that?

The third label has the letter j.

Turn the page.

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Feel the letters i-c and h-c at the top of the page. These letters could be used as labels for some sweet treats—"ice cream” and “hot chocolate.”

Below the middle line, there are four boxes. Each box has two letters.

Find the box with the letters you would use to label the “hot chocolate” mix in your pantry.

The last box has the letters h-c.

Now find the box with the letters for labeling the “ice cream” in your freezer.

If you chose the second box, i-c, you’re spot on.

Turn the page.

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Feel the letter j in the top left corner of the page. The letter j in braille looks a lot like a print letter j.

Let’s find the correct labels for different types of jams and jellies.

Below the middle line you’ll find three boxes containing letters.

The boxes are stacked from top to bottom.

Use your scanning skills to find the box with the letters you would use for “cranberry jelly.”

The middle box has c-j for “cranberry jelly.”

Now find the box with the letters you would use for “huckleberry jam.”

The first box has h-j for “huckleberry jam.”

And what about “grape jelly?”

The last box has g-j for “grape jelly.”

Turn the page.

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Feel the letters f-i-g in the top left corner of the page.

In the top right corner, you’ll find a braille sticker with the letters
“f,” “i,” “g.”

Below the middle line you’ll find three boxes. Inside the boxes are words.

Scan to find the box with the word “fig.”

The third box contains the word “fig.”

You can peel the sticker and place it over this box. Or you can use the sticker to label your own package of figs, or fig jam—or fig bars.: Turn the page.

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Here are some extra stickers for the letters h-i, and j. You may want to use these to label things like file folders in your home.

If you’d like to learn how to write braille so you can make your own labels, contact a Hadley braille expert, and we can show you how! You can email a braille expert or call 847-784-2816 to connect with one today.

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Completion

Congratulations! You know letters h through j.