This is a song that I’ve used with several students over the years. I wrote the words to the tune of Three Blind Mice. It is for teaching students to write first individual dots on the brailler then letters.
Materials
- Perkins brailler
- Braille paper, card stock or index cards
- A good attitude: You don’t need a good singing voice, just some contagious enthusiasm for braille!
- Patience: For some students this will require lots of repetition and consistency
Braille Writing Song
(To the Tune of Three Blind Mice)
Verse 1:
I use this finger to make a dot 1, see how it presses to make a dot 1
(Wiggle left index finger and then make a line of dot 1’s)
Chorus:
(Make the line of dots as you sing the chorus)
Each key does its part to form a dot
I press down hard to form a dot
To write my braille, to write my braille
Other Verses:
I use this finger to make a dot 2, see how it presses to make a dot 2
(Wiggle left middle finger and then make a line of dot 2’s)
I use this finger to make a dot 3, see how it presses to make a dot 3
(Wiggle left ring finger and then make a line of dot 3’s)
I use this finger to make a dot 4, see how it presses to make a dot 4
(Wiggle right index finger and then make a line of dot 4’s)
I use this finger to make a dot 5, see how it presses to make a dot 5
(Wiggle right middle finger and then make a line of dot 5’s)
I use this finger to make a dot 6, see how it presses to make a dot 6
(Wiggle right ring finger and then make a line of dot 6’s)
Final Verse:
I use these fingers to make a full cell, see how they press to make a full cell
(Hold up all 6 fingers and wiggle and then make a line of full cells)
For writing letters:
Each verse will use the fingers for that each letter of the alphabet.
Examples:
I use this finger (left index) to make the letter A, see how it presses to make the letter A
I use these fingers (left index and middle) to make the letter B, see how they press to make the letter B.