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Body Braille

Be a letter of the alphabet!

Basic braille Activity

  • Body image
  • Gross motor skills
  • Pattern of dots

Level: 2

Number of players: 1 and +

Duration: 20

Skills:

  • Recognise body parts

  • Identify the 6 dots in a braille cell

  • Develop gross motor skills

  • Reproduce and make patterns

Imagine there are dots all over your body. And these dots can turn into letters…

Goals

To understand and memorise the position of the 6 dots on a braille cell.
To explore body image.

The adult prepares

  • 1 baseplate

  • a few letter bricks in a bowl

The children play

1

Get the child to imagine that their body is a braille cell.
Dot 1: right shoulder,
dot 2: right hip,
dot 3: right knee,
dot 4: left shoulder,
dot 5: left hip,
dot 6: left knee.

2

Tell the child to take a brick from the bowl, feel all the dots, and reproduce the pattern of the dots using their whole body.

Facilitation tips

  • Do some preliminary exercises: Show me dot 2 on your body. Show me dot 1 and dot 2.

  • Ask: Which braille dot is on your left knee?

  • Start with a selection of easy letters to reproduce, such A, B, C, K, L

  • Suggest that the child place the brick on their chest, feel the dots on it, then touch the parts of their body that correspond to the dots they have felt.