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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">This is your yearly heads up that
<u>Braille Literacy Month</u> begins January 1<sup>st</sup>! <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">In preparation (and celebration), we wanted to provide you some fun programming ideas you can do in your library in the New Year. For the activities listed below, please email
me directly at <a href="mailto:wambaughs@michigan.gov">wambaughs@michigan.gov</a> and I will provide you with the PDFs that you can print / use at your library.
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">NLS Fun with Braille activity sheet
</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Write Your Name in Braille activity
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<p class="MsoListParagraph"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Using glue or puffy paint to write your name in braille, instead of slate and stylus- Examples:
<a href="https://www.pinterest.com/pin/259238522292649299/">https://www.pinterest.com/pin/259238522292649299/</a> or
<a href="https://www.pinterest.com/pin/910571618385462134/">https://www.pinterest.com/pin/910571618385462134/</a><o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Crack the Code activity<o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">A Facebook post about Braille Literacy Month- please tag us @MichiganBTBL!
<o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Storytime highlighting Louis Braille, a character with a visual disability, characters with glasses, characters with white
canes, etc. <o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Adult book club or Netflix miniseries discussion about
<i>All The Light We Cannot See</i> by Anthony Doerr<o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Schedule a presentation either for staff or patrons to learn more about BTBL services<o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">For more information on BTBL, visit our
<a href="https://www.michigan.gov/leo/bureaus-agencies/bureau-of-services-for-blind-persons/btbl">
website</a> or follow us on Facebook <a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100081670844611">
@MichiganBTBL</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Thank you,
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Stephanie Wambaugh, Librarian 12<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Team Lead and Outreach Services<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Michigan Braille and Talking Book Library (BTBL)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Bureau of Services for Blind Persons<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">P.O. Box 30007<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">702 W. Kalamazoo St.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Lansing, MI 48909<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Phone: 1-800-992-9012<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Fax: 1-517-284-2885<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="mailto:wambaughs@michigan.gov"><span style="color:blue">wambaughs@michigan.gov</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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