Introduction
Your students will receive a warm welcome to the National Centre for Deafblindness, a totally accessible environment that contains design features never before seen in one building. The students will be given a brief introduction to the National Centre and deafblindness by an educational co-ordinator before embarking on their designated activity.
Activity 4: Reading Moon.
Students are taught to recognise the alphabet in Moon, a very simple tactile communication method used by some deafblind people. Once students are familiar with the alphabet, they will be asked to decode words from Moon as well as write in Moon. Younger students will be asked to produce a name plate in Moon for a door to take home, whilst older students will be asked to produce a name plate for a room within their school in Moon to take away.
Note:
Moon is easier to learn than Braille and would therefore be more suited to younger students or those with special needs.
What the students will learn
This activity provides students with an insight into the different tactile communication methods used by blind and deafblind people. Learning Moon will help to improve students' spelling and will increase their awareness of disabilities by providing an insight into deafblindness. They will learn the importance of the written word and how much information we gain from books, magazines, newspapers, posters and advertising. They will be made aware of how much we miss if we don't have access to these things.
More about this activity:
This activity forms part of the ‘tutored programme’ and can be undertaken on its own or in conjunction with other deafblind awareness activities.
Contact details: If you would like to discuss any point of information contained within this leaflet or have additional questions about your visit please contact:
Heather O'Brien:Education Manager, Tel: 01733 358100,
E-mail: heather.lord@deafblind.org.uk
