Braille Beads: APH Starter Kit

Product Description

Become bejeweled with braille! Make fun and educational jewelry with plastic braille beads!

Braille Beads are small, plastic rectangles that have braille on one side and incised print letters on the other side. Each bead has two holes through which wire or cord may be threaded. Also included are fun image bead manipulatives, such as flower, peace sign, heart, and circle. Braille Bead dimensions are 10mm tall x 8mm wide x 5mm deep (braille height is 0.52mm).

Making jewelry teaches students to:

• Plan (a design or a word)
• Organize materials (wire, cord, needles, scissors)
• Sort (shape, size, color)
• Practice fine motor skills (stringing beads, tying knots)

Most importantly, Braille Beads encourage creativity! Beading is an activity that children enjoy for arts and crafts, and adults enjoy for pleasure and employment. Braille Beads allow children who are visually impaired and blind to create personalized objects of art they can wear. They can take pride in their creations and just by wearing braille jewelry, children become ambassadors for braille!

Braille Beads: APH Starter Kit includes:

• Necklace, Bracelet, and Fob Assortment Pack
• Braille Beads Pack (red, yellow, blue, green, orange, pink, white, black)
• Pony Beads Pack (red, yellow, blue, green, orange, pink, white, black)
• Clear adhesive braille labels
• Bejeweled with Braille: Instructions for Making Braille Jewelry, Large Print, Braille, and on CD-ROM

The Braille Beads Pack contains the following beads in each color: A – 8, B – 2, C – 3, D – 3, E – 8, F – 2, G – 2, H – 6, I – 8, J – 1, K – 1, L – 3, M – 2, N – 6, O – 8, P – 2, Q – 1, R – 6, S – 6, T – 6, U – 2, V – 1, W – 2, X – 1, Y – 2, Z – 1, Heart – 5, Flower – 5, Circle – 5, Peace Symbol – 5, Blanks – 10.

WARNING: Choking Hazard–Small Parts. Not intended for children ages 5 and under without adult supervision.

Learn more about this product with the Accessible Fine Arts that Sparks Creativity course on the APH Hive!