Braille LEGO® Braille Bricks activities: LITERACY

Increase vocabulary and organize letters to create and write words. Encourage creation of personal memory skills.

Create a poetic acronym using letters in a first name to describe one’s self.

Read, identify and correct errors in short sentences created in a peer play activity.

Track alphabetical letters on a base plate, develop motivation to read, and identify specific letters.

Classify letters by category: vowel or consonant. Plan actions to complete directions and build letter towers.

Identify letters in a peer play setting to discover the difference between consonants and vowels. Cheat to win the game!

Develop vocabulary and word understanding. Make new words by changing, removing or adding new letters.

Develop vocabulary and word understanding. Organize letters to create and write words.

Understand how letters combined together create syllables and new sounds.

Develop vocabulary and word understanding. Organize letters to create and write the longest word possible.

Reading and writing development through the use of auditory skills in an imaginative peer play game.

Write words. Develop vocabulary and word understanding through identification and replacement of missing letters.

Increase vocabulary. Create combinations of letters to make words. Communicate, discuss and compare creations.

Vocabulary development through manipulation of braille and classic bricks in a creative construction activity.

Develop an interest in art to allow self-expression using a variety of art media.

Identification of proper nouns and the importance of their denotation with the capital letter brick.

Write and read words reproduced in giant Hula Hoop braille cells. A game designed for a large group physical activity.

Development of the concept of leaving spaces between words through identification and separation of words.