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National Federation of the Blind Braille Readers Are Leaders Contest
The Braille Readers Are Leaders Contest is a national contest for students who read Braille, kindergarten through twelfth grades, and all adult Braille readers. The purpose of the program is to promote the joy of reading for pleasure, to promote a pride in Braille as a viable literacy medium equal to print, and to demonstrate the importance of independent reading in the development of Braille literacy skills.
The final submission deadline has passed. Thank you to all who participated!
Read about the 2009-2010 Contest in the Braille Monitor!
K-12 Contest
The results are in! Check out the K-12 Contest Winners!
Congratuations to the K-12 Team of the Year Winners: Believe to Achieve and Braille Powerpuffs!
See the Team of the Year picture gallery here!
Not old enough for the Braille Readers Are Leaders Contest?
Braille Reading Pals - Early Literacy Program
Braille Reading Pals is an early literacy program that gently encourages and rewards parents for reading daily with their blind or low vision children ages 0-7 (or older if the children have developmental delays) who are not yet reading. Sponsored by the Jernigan Institute, this free two-month program begins October 1 and concludes November 30. Click the following link to obtain registration forms and for more information about the program: Braille Reading Pals overview and Spring Program Registration.
Adults and K-12 participants: Need something to read? Visit NFB ShareBraille!
Adult Contest - NEW THIS YEAR!
The results are in! Check out the Adult Contest Winners!
Congratuations to the Adult Team of the Year Winner: The ABLE Group
See the Team of the Year picture gallery here!
Categories
There are five categories in the regular competition:
How to determine your reading speed
To determine your reading speed pick a Braille passage and read over it once casually. Set a timer for one minute. Start the timer and begin to read. When the timer sounds mark your spot. Go back and count how many words you read. Any word in the English language counts as a “word” in this test. So, the word “a” counts as one and the word “knowledge” counts as one even though it is only one character in contracted Braille. So, if you read the sentence, “Sally and Bob are coming home from a long trip,” you read ten words. Repeat this one minute test three times with the same passage. Add your scores up and divide by three to get your average. Use this number to determine which category is appropriate for you.
BRAL Adult Contest Newsletter
For all other questions about the NFB Braille Readers Are Leaders Program, please contact:
Natalie Shaheen, Education Programs Specialist
National Federation of the Blind
(410) 659-9314, ext. 2293, or by e-mail at Nshaheen@nfb.org
To learn more about Braille literacy and support the Braille literacy campaign, please visit Braille.org
