The first ten letters, the foundation of the whole system.
Braille’s first ten letters use only the top two rows of the cell: dots 1, 2, 4, 5. Master these and you’ve learned the pattern the entire alphabet is built from.
A plain letter cell is a lowercase letter. Capitals come later, in their own lesson. Write each letter below by raising its dots.
Braille is read by touch and written dot by dot. Recreate each character below in the writer. The best way to make it stick.
Character 1 of 10
Keys F D S and J K L (or 1–6) raise dots · Enter checks
Finish writing the characters above, then this practice activity will help it stick.
Tip Look for mirror images: d and f, e and i, h and j are left–right mirrors of each other.