THEME: UNDERSTANDING COMMUNICATION
ACTIVITY: THE BRIALLE ALPHABET
Key
messages
1. There are many different ways we can communicate our
thoughts and feelings.
2. People with a vision disability can read words by using
their sense of touch through the use of Braille. The Braille
alphabet consists of raised dots that can be translated to
letters of the alphabet.
Materials
Time required
Group size
Age groups
Activity
Class set of the activity on the back of this page.
15 - 30 minutes
Any
Reading age
Students complete the activity on the reverse side of this
page.
Main point to highlight: in the Braille alphabet, the dots are
raised so that a person with a vision disability can feel the
dots and convert them to letters of the alphabet. This
provides the opportunity for us to read text using our sense
of touch.
Optional
activity
Get children to create their own message using the Braille
alphabet, and ask their partner to translate the message.
The Brialle alphabet sourced from 2002 First School Years (www.firstschoolyears.com). Reproduced with permission from
the Whitehorse Disability Awareness Kit
THEME: UNDERSTANDING COMMUNICATION
ACTIVITY: THE AUSLAN ALPHABET!
Key
messages
Materials
Time required
Age groups
Group size
Time required
Activity
3. There are many different ways we can communicate
our thoughts and feelings.
4. One way people with a hearing disability can
communicate is by using sign language. In
Australia, we use the Auslan Alphabet.
Class set of the activity on the back of this page.
20 minutes
Reading age
Any
20 minutes
1. Get children into pairs and ask them to spell out
their name to their partner.
2. One of the children thinks of a question and asks
their partner the question using sign language.
3. The partner will have to answer the question using
sign language.
For more information go to:
http://www.auslan.org.au
Reproduced with permission from the Whitehorse Disability Awareness Kit (2005).