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Basic braille
The Snake
What’s that slithering across the baseplate?! Watch out, it’s a snake!
Roll the Dice
Do you feel lucky? Roll the dice and see!
Basic braille Activity
Level: 1
Number of players: 2 and +
Duration: 15 min
Skills:
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Understand that numbers express quantities
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Count quantities
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Develop tactile exploration
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Accept turn-taking
But luck isn’t enough if you can’t count and feel the dots…
Goals
To develop tactile exploration and count quantities.
To play with others and take turns.
The adult prepares
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2 baseplates
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1 tactile dice
Put 20 bricks in a bowl:
4 x A
4 x B
4 x L
4 x P
4 x Q
The children play
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The first player rolls the dice and reads the number aloud.
They have to find a brick in the bowl with that number of studs, and put it on their
baseplate.
2
The next player takes their turn.
The winner is the first player to have a sequence of bricks from 1 to 5 on their baseplate
If a player rolls a 6, they can pick any number they wish.
Facilitation tips
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Roll the dice in a box-lid to avoid losing it.
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Encourage light tactile exploration of the bricks.
