Building on Patterns: Kindergarten, Braille Teacher Kit
Building on Patterns (BOP) is a complete primary literacy program designed to teach beginning braille users all language arts — reading, writing, and spelling.
This second edition of BOP Kindergarten is fully updated and revised from the previous edition. To effectively use this program, please purchase one teacher kit (print or braille) and one student kit for each braille learner.
Building on Patterns: Kindergarten, Second Edition is a comprehensive literacy program designed to teach young children to read and write using braille. It is aligned with current grade-level literacy standards and built around authentic children’s literature with the lessons providing a balance between fiction and informational text for young students. The program also includes extensive phonics activities, the reading and writing of numbers, an introduction to punctuation, and a focus on meaningful student writing using invented spelling.
For more information about the inclusive Building on Patterns program, please visit the BOP overview and resources pages at aphbop.org.
WARNING: Choking Hazard—Small Parts. Not intended for children ages 5 and under without adult supervision.
11 Teacher’s Manual accessible digital files
Braille quick start guide
Braille TSVI booklet
Braille assessment booklet
Teacher’s set of 10 braille children’s books
Braille list of training videos on website
Stencil for lesson 5
“It provides a program for teaching reading encompassing all literacy pieces–not just the code, not just letters, etc.”
