

Basic braille
Countdown
5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0… Blast off!
Don’t forget the number sign!
Write the correct number in a giant braille cell.
To write a number in braille by duplicating the pattern of the number brick in a braille cell egg carton.
10 number bricks, from 0 to 9
2 bowls
2 six egg egg cartons laid out vertically like a braille cell e.g. 2 columns of 3 dots
8 plastic eggs or similar size objects
Place the bricks in one bowl and the eggs in the other.
1
Ask the child to pick a number-brick from the bowl and read the number aloud.
2
Tell them to reproduce this number in the braille cell egg-cartons.
The first egg carton is the number-sign!
Explain that the first braille cell egg carton must indicate the number-sign.
Ask: Why must we place the number sign first?
Peer play: Player 1 performs the activity and replaces the number-brick in the bowl. Player 2 reads the braille cell egg carton and finds the corresponding number-brick in the bowl.
Change the number of bricks.
Use additional cartons and bricks for 2 or 3-digit numbers.
To make the activity more difficult, add non-number bricks.