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Train Braille Art Design

Create this braille art design of a train with your students to practice their braille skills.

A train traveling along railroad tracks among trees

Braille art is a fun way to promote braille literacy and motivate students who are blind or visually impaired.
See below for instructions to create a train braille art design.

Line 10 should say letter l after space 2

The line 13 thing is meant for a repeat of everything in between the parentheses the indicated number of times. 

(Insert paper lengthwise) Skip Line 1

Line 2: Space 30, ow sign, x two times, o

Line 3: Space 7, s, c 6 times, o, space 2 times, in sign, c 6 times, en sign, space 2 times, ow sign, x 4 times, o

Line 4: Space 7, gh sign, hyphen 5 times, i, space 3 times, e, colon 6 times, i, space 9 times,
Ow, X, O

Line 5: skip

Line 6: Space 2, ow, x 2 times, o, space 4 times, exclamation mark, colon 6 times, period, space 2 times, exclamation mark, colon 6 times, period, space 2 times, exclamation mark, colon 6 times, period

Line 7: Space 3, dots 456, I, space 5 times, I, space, p, c 2 times, th sign, space, ar sign, space 2 times, I, space 6 times, dots 456, space 2 times, I, space 6 times, dots 456

Line 8: Space 3, and sign, y, space 4 times, ar sign, space 2 times, v, hyphen 2 times, number sign, space, I, space 2 times, I, space 6 times, dots 456, space 2 times, I, space 6 times, dots
456

Line 9: Space 2, s, space 2 times, c 4 times, space 8 times, I, space 2 times, I, space 6 times, dots 456, space 2 times, I, space 6 times, dots 456

Line 10: Space 2, I, space 2 times, in sign, colon 2 times, en sign, space 3 times, in sign, colon 2 times, en sign, space, ar sign, space 2 times, I, space, in sign, colon 2 times, en sign, space, dots 456, space 2 times, I, space, in sign, colon 2 times, en sign, space, dots 456

Line 11: Space 2, gh, space, ow sign, space 4 times, o, space, ow, space 4 times, o, hyphen 3 times, I, ow, space 4 times, o, dots 456, hyphen 2 times, I, ow sign, space 4 times, o, dots 456, number sign

Line 12: Space, st sign 3 times, colon, e, hyphen 2 times, i, colon 3 times, e, hypen 2 times, i 2 times, space 3 times, e, colon, e, hyphen 2 times, i, colon, i, space 2 times, e, colon, e, hyphen 2 times, i, colon, i

Line 13: Hyphen 2 times, (number sign, hyphen 3 times)* repeat 8 more times, number sign, hyphen

Print out version of the instructions can be found below:

A train made from braille

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