Flower Picking
20 min
2 participantsDevelop tactile tracking skills to identify constellation differences. Pick flowers to create a pretty bouquet.
Let's play!
Explore the flower and mushroom bricks growing in the field.
Pick the flowers bricks (they include only dot 1, dot 2 and dot 4).
Place them in the bowl.
Make a bouquet with all the flowers.
How to prepare
1 base plate
16 letter bricks (8 "F", 8 "M")
1 bowl
Attach 16 vertical bricks (reading position) to the base plate in random locations.
Facilitation tips
Preliminary exercises: note the difference between an "F” and an "M" while repeating the dot’s names ("F" = dot 1, dot 2 and dot 4, "M" = dot 1, dot 3, and dot 4).
Preliminary exercises: suggest recreation of the constellations, "F" and "M", in a braille cell egg carton.
Ask “Who are these flowers for?”, “What is your favorite flower’s scent?”
Possible variations
Change number of bricks.
Add other letters: "N" for nuts, "G" for grass…
Change the ability to distinguish between the letters: i.e. A/Q (easily identified by touch), E/I (more difficult) …
Download & print
Children will develop these holistic skills
cognitive skills
- Use numbers to show a rank, a position
creative skills
- Organize objects in play: Engage in several familiar pretend-play sequences
physical skills
- Develop tactile tracking skills: Identify which word or letter is different/same
emotional skills
- Implement an artistic project
social skills
- Engage in game, pretend play activities, verbal play with peers
Did you know?
Facilitating children’s learning is different from thinking of teaching as “delivering content” because the goal is for the young child to understand concepts and develop a breadth of skills to be applied.
Pre-braille activity groups
LEGO® Braille Bricks activities: MANIPULATION
Discover and get used to the bricks, learn how to handle, assemble and put them on the base plate.
LEGO® Braille Bricks activities: ORIENTATION
Learn how to position the bricks on the base plate and be aware that their orientation is important.
LEGO® Braille Bricks activities: CONSTELLATION
Discover the braille cell and how studs are arranged in two columns. Learn how to differentiate the studs.