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Egg carton Number

Don’t forget the number sign!

Basic braille Activity

  • Numbers
  • Pattern of dots
  • Spatial concepts
  • Tactile discrimination

Level: 2

Number of players: 1

Duration: 10 min

Skills:

  • Identify the 6 dots in a braille cell

  • Name, read and write numbers

  • Reproduce and create patterns

  • Recognise spatial relationships

Write the correct number in a giant braille cell.

Goals

To write a number in braille by duplicating the pattern of the number brick in a braille cell egg carton.

The adult prepares

  • 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.

The children play

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!

Facilitation tips

  • 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.