Lessons 1 - 11: Braille by Sight

Lesson 1: The Braille Alphabet and Numbers
Welcome to your first step into the world of braille! In this lesson, you’ll learn the braille alphabet and numbers—the essential building blocks for reading and writing in braille.

Lesson 2: Capitalization and Punctuation
Now that you know the letters and numbers, it’s time to explore how braille handles capitalization and basic punctuation. These symbols help give structure and meaning to written braille.

Lesson 3: More Punctuation
In this lesson, you'll expand your understanding of braille punctuation by learning additional symbols that help organize sentences and improve clarity in reading and writing.

Lesson 4: Alphabetic Wordsigns and Basic Contractions
Braille includes special symbols for commonly used words. You'll learn alphabetic wordsigns and contractions for “and,” “for,” “of,” “the,” and “with” to help you read and write more efficiently.

Lesson 5: Strong Wordsigns and Strong Groupsigns (Part 1)
Get ready to speed things up! This lesson introduces strong wordsigns like “child” and “which,” as well as strong groupsigns for common letter combinations such as “ch,” “sh,” and “ou.”

Lesson 6: Strong Groupsigns (Part 2)
Continue building fluency with more strong groupsigns including “ar,” “ed,” “er,” and “ing.” These signs are key to faster, smoother braille reading.

Lesson 7: Lower Wordsigns, Lower Groupsigns, and Introduction to Shortforms
In this lesson, you’ll learn lower wordsigns and groupsigns, along with an introduction to shortforms—abbreviated ways to represent frequently used words in braille.

Lesson 8: More Lower Groupsigns and Shortforms
You’ll expand your knowledge of lower groupsigns like “bb” and “ea,” and add more shortforms to your braille vocabulary to further increase reading efficiency.

Lesson 9: Initial-Letter Contractions and More Shortforms
Discover initial-letter contractions that represent parts of words and continue growing your list of useful shortforms to improve reading and writing speed.

Lesson 10: Final-Letter Contractions
This lesson focuses on final-letter contractions—symbols that represent word endings—to help you become even more fluent in braille.

Lesson 11: Shortforms 
Wrap up your journey by reinforcing your understanding of shortforms. This lesson brings together all the shortforms you’ve learned and gives you practice using them in context.