Pre-braille
Tic Tac Toe
Let’s play Tic Tac Toe with bricks that are awake or asleep.
Drivers
Drive the cars to the right parking place.
Activity details
There are 4 spaces in the parking lot. Don’t mix them up!
Goals
To practice listening comprehension and to improve understanding of spatial relationships.
The adult prepares
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1 baseplate
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8 equal-sign bricks
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16 or more random bricks
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1 bowl
In the middle of the baseplate, build a cross with the random bricks, to create a 4-car parking lot.
Build 4 cars by attaching two equal-sign bricks, one on top of the other, and place them in the bowl.
The children play
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Tell the child to pick a car from the bowl and drive it in the top left parking spot.
2
Continue to give instructions, directing the child to all of the spots until the car park is full.
Suggest the child to have a free play session with the cars!
Facilitation tips
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Preliminary exercise: explore the parking lot and name the locations of each spot – top left, top right, bottom left, bottom right…
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Increase the number of cars and / or park several cars in the same spot.
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Attaching 2 bricks together make the car taller and easier to feel when parked on the baseplate.
