Activities in this teaching pack include display posters to identify and match Braille symbols to letters of the alphabet, a shared reading text to link different Braille symbols to the correct letters of the alphabet and a set of cards to practise building different cvc words using the matching symbols for the Braille alphabet.

The interactive presentation can be used to explore and model how Braille is produced and used to support people who are blind in the world.

This lesson is part of a history scheme of work to get the children to explore and record information about the life and work of Louis Braille who had a significant impact on the development of communication in the world. There are teaching activities for shared learning, differentiated worksheets to support independent learning and interactive presentations to introduce concepts and key skills.