Announcing Braille Boost 2026 - Free Braille and Tactile Activities Now Available!

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Posted on behalf of Dr Adam Wilton.

 

Dear colleagues,

 

Happy World Braille Month! I'm in touch today to share something that may be of interest to you or to educators in your networks. Each year a group of organizations from across Canada get together to plan and deliver virtual activities to celebrate braille and what it represents to the learners that we serve. To makr this important month, for the past several years we've produced a set of fun activities that are free to download - they just need to be embossed and produced for learners like any other braille or tactile file. 

 

Braille Boost 2026 is Winter Olympics-themed! There is a tactile graphics activity, a word search, and a word scramble. Materials are in UEB (contracted and uncontracted) and available in English and French. We produced a short video to promote this year's Boost (YouTube short - I think it's pretty great, but I may also be terribly biased). 

 

Here is the link to Braille Boost 2026 via our World Braille Month page. Complete a very short request form and the link to the materials is automatically emailed to the address provided in the form. We have also included an archive of past years' files! 

 

Please feel free to share with anyone who may be interested and would find these activities useful.

 

I hope your 2026 is off to a great start!

 

All my best, 

 

Adam P. Wilton, PhD, COMS
Program Manager - PRCVI and ARC-BC
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