Basic braille
Flower Picking
Pick the flowers to make a pretty bouquet.
Lost Twins
The twins are lost. Help them find each other.
Activity details
Identical bricks are separated. Count their studs, recognise their pattern and reunite the lost twins.
Goals
To develop tactile exploration.
To develop term-to-term matching skills.
The adult prepares
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1 baseplate
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5 pairs of bricks like S,E T, U, #
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1 small bag
Separate the 5 twin sets of bricks into 2 groups.
Line one set of bricks up along the top edge of the baseplate, starting top left, leaving space after each brick.
Hide the other set of bricks in the bag.
The children play
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The child feels one brick on the baseplate and find the twin brick in the bag.
They place the brick under its twin friend on the baseplate.
Facilitation tips
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Encourage exploration of the bricks and counting the studs.
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Increase the number of bricks.
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Add non-matching bricks to the bag.
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Peer play: take turns using the same bag and baseplate.
In the video below, the little girl chose to put the friend above the first brick. No problem!
A lot of children are here
and they all want to find their twin.
So, listen to me. Can you get out a brick?
Can you find the same one there?
Yes.
-Well done.
Another one?
-Yes.
Use your fingers.
-There?
Yes, great.
So are there any left?
