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Braille for Kids & Teachers

Students using raphigraphes and reading braille books, courtesy Musee Valentin Hauy, France

CBI Products

Over 25 people have volunteered their time, enthusiasm, and expertise to CBI projects. Individual engineers, researchers, TVIs, and organizations such as Google, IBM, ETS, University of Michigan, M.I.T., Northeastern University, and UCLA have contributed to our common goals at CBI.

The Center for Braille Innovation

The CBI team is a diverse group of people who volunteer their time and expertise to make braille products available and affordable. From around the world we collaborate with engineers, researchers, TVI's, and technological innovators, such as Google, IBM, Apple, Microsoft, Verizon, Motorola, and other organizations and universities around the world.

10 Tips for Reading Aloud

Every book is a world.

10 TIPS FOR READING ALOUD

Great Expectations brings popular picture books to life using a multi-sensory approach songs, tactile play, picture descriptions, body movement, engaged listening all designed to promote active reading experiences for children with visual impairments. Parents will learn how to describe a picture in a book, how to explore a book s visual concepts, how to play and have fun telling the whole story. Children will learn to listen carefully to words, feelings (voice), actions, scene, plots, and character development elements that they would otherwise miss by not seeing the pictures.

How does the program work?

Picture books for blind kids? YES!

Win a Baby Bear Balance Set!

We'll draw a winner on the first of each month, until further notice. In the mean time, try making your own balance scale with household items!Note: By entering this drawing you agree to receive occasional emails and mailings from National Braille Press. We will not share your name or information with other organizations.

Upload Your Audio

Would you like to record a talking letter and upload the audio file to the Great Expectations website. We'll share it along with all the other letters that we receive.

Great Expectations: Comments

Great Expectations: Comments

Description of Exact Instructions Video

Here are the kids' several attempts at instructions. When the instructions don't quite work out, we've noted that in parentheses.

Tips from a Blind Business Person

Read more tips from a blind actor!