Good morning, This is your yearly heads up that Braille Literacy Month begins January 1st, and we celebrate World Braille Day on January 4th to commemorate the birthday of Louis Braille. 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 wambaughs@michigan.gov<mailto:wambaughs@michigan.gov> and I will provide you with the PDFs that you can print at your library (the files are too large to attach in the listserv). I can also mail you braille alphabet cards if you plan to use any of the following activities. 1. NLS Fun with Braille activity sheet 1. Write Your Name in Braille activity 1. Using glue, puffy paint, dot markers, etc. to write your name in braille, instead of slate and stylus- Examples: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/259238522292649299/ or https://www.pinterest.com/pin/910571618385462134/ 1. Crack the Code activity 1. A Facebook post about Braille Literacy Month- please tag us @MichiganBTBL! (I'm happy to provide images that can be used to promote braille literacy!) 1. Storytime highlighting Louis Braille, a character with a visual disability, characters with glasses, characters with white canes, etc. 1. Adult book club or Netflix miniseries discussion about All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr 1. Braille Lego Lab<https://legobraillebricks.com/> For more information on BTBL, visit our website<https://www.michigan.gov/leo/bureaus-agencies/bureau-of-services-for-blind-persons/btbl> or follow us on Facebook @MichiganBTBL<https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100081670844611>. Happy Holidays! Stephanie Wambaugh, Librarian 12 Team Lead and Outreach Services Michigan Braille and Talking Book Library (BTBL) Bureau of Services for Blind Persons P.O. Box 30007 702 W. Kalamazoo St. Lansing, MI 48909 Phone: 1-800-992-9012 Fax: 1-517-284-2885 wambaughs@michigan.gov<mailto:wambaughs@michigan.gov> LEGAL NOTICE: This email is for the exclusive use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain privileged and confidential information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or duplication of this email is expressly prohibited. If you are not an intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately, delete the email from your computer, and do not copy or disclose it to anyone else. Your receipt of this message is not intended to waive any applicable legal privilege and does not constitute an electronic signature or provide consent to contract electronically.