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Braille Course

Lesson 2 of 14

Letters A–J

The first ten letters — the foundation of the whole system.

Learn

Braille’s first ten letters use only the top four dots: 1, 2, 4, and 5. Master these and you’ve learned the pattern the entire alphabet is built from.

Write each letter below by raising its dots.

  • Adots 1
  • Bdots 1 2
  • Cdots 1 4
  • Ddots 1 4 5
  • Edots 1 5
  • Fdots 1 2 4
  • Gdots 1 2 4 5
  • Hdots 1 2 5
  • Idots 2 4
  • Jdots 2 4 5
Your Turn

Write It Yourself

Braille is read by touch and written dot by dot. Recreate each character below in the writer — the best way to make it stick.

  1. A — current
  2. B
  3. C
  4. D
  5. E
  6. F
  7. G
  8. H
  9. I
  10. J

Character 1 of 10

Write:A

Keys F D S and J K L (or 1–6) raise dots · Enter checks

Practice

Keep Practicing — Dot Explorer

Finish writing the characters above, then this practice activity will help it stick.

Tip Notice how E, I, and J are just the same shapes shifted — braille is wonderfully logical.