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Identical Letter Towers

Sort the letters and build 3 towers.

Basic braille Activity

  • Classification
  • Letters
  • Tactile discrimination

Level: 1

Number of players: 1

Duration: 5 min

Skills:

  • Name, read, write letters

  • Compare, sort, match

  • Develop memory

  • Develop bilateral hand use

Stack the same letters together.

Goals

To recognise, name and track letters in a row.
To plan appropriate actions to complete directions and build letter towers.

The adult prepares

  • 1 baseplate

  • 9 bricks (3 groups of 3 identical letters)


The 9 bricks are randomly aligned, horizontally, in correct reading position, on the baseplate.

The children play

1

Ask the child to choose a brick and read the letter.

Tell the child to find the other 2 bricks with the same letter and build a tower with the three bricks.

2

Tell them to make 2 more towers the same way.

Facilitation tips

  • Choose letters that are tactually different for an easier activity or tactually closer for a more difficult activity.

  • Try the same activity but with a different number of identical letters (4 x A 5 x B and 3 x C) to work on concepts such as higher, longer, smaller, shorter.