Basic braille
Twist!
Can you 'write' a giant 3-dot character using your whole body?
Listen to the Dots
Listen carefully and match your partner’s pattern
Activity details
Copy the pattern of dots your partner dictates to you, using a braille-cell-eggbox.
Goals
To learn the numbered dots on a braille character.
To reproduce a pattern of dots.
The adult prepares
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3 bricks in a bowl: A, C, L
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a 6-egg carton in portrait orientation, as a braille cell
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6 plastic eggs (or ping pong ball) in a bowl
The children play
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Player 1 takes a brick from the bowl and names its dots aloud.
2
Player 2 recreates the pattern of the dots by placing one egg in each of the eggbox cavities that correspond to the dots named.
Facilitation tips
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Before playing, revise the positions of the dots in the braille cell to ensure the children know the number names of the dots.
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Use only letters with the first column of dots, like A, B, K, L, to learn dot 1, dot 2 and dot 3.
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Choose letters with more studs like N, Q, T.
