We have a book called, I Heard Good News Today, and the stories are usually about Christian historical figures. Well, the book is amazing. I think my favorite story is the one about Boniface. And Emma always asks me in disbelief, "Is this really a true story?" and I always get to smile and say, "yes!"
So yesterday, we read about Louis Braille, and how after he went blind he prayed for God to help him find a way to read. His pastor ended up finding a school for blind children, and he learned to read by running his fingers across raised letters.
He then developed a more efficient system of reading for the blind, using raised dots. Of course this is what we know as Braille.
I really wanted to show Emma how a blind person reads with Braille so we found this video of a five year old child reading out loud. Both of my girls were so interested in the videos and it opened up their eyes to the challenges of others who are blind or visually impaired.
5 Year Old Jalen Reading Braille
This next video showed children reading in braille at Jenkins Elementary School as well as WRITING in braille with a type of typewriter called a "Perkins Brailler."
Learning Braille at Jenkins Elementary
It was so neat to be able to find these videos. I just love homeschooling.
