Course: Learning through Play with LEGO® Braille Bricks

This video gives highlights on how children can select Lego Braille Bricks. Louis Braille, a French young blind student, invented the braille code in the early 19th century. Lego Braille …

You are now going to play “Hidden Word”, an activity to develop vocabulary through manipulation of braille and classic bricks within a creative construction. Ask a friend to think of …

There are many options for building a lesson plan with LEGO Braille Bricks. Combining several LEGO Braille Bricks activities: linking several activities of the same category or mixing the categories. …

At the LEGO Foundation, we recognize play as a powerful learning context. Learning through play builds on how we naturally learn from birth. It can include games to memorize facts, …

We are nearing the end of this eight-week course. You have learned so much about: Learning through play (recognise holistic skills developed by children at play, identify the five characteristics …

It can be tricky for a visually impaired child to attach the bricks to an exact spot on the base plate. Watch the video to discover helpful suggestions for making …

A portable activity kit allows children to do and show their work in different places. In this example a kit is created by placing these items inside a small portable …

Children learn through play Learning happens right from birth. Children have an amazing natural potential to learn about the world through play. You may wonder how children build more complex, …

Children love to share what they have learned in school. A portable kit can give them the opportunity to do so. There are several ways to prepare an activity in …

Various elements can be used to compartmentalise and design your personalised toolkit: Eight plastic drawer dividers (inexpensive and easy to buy) – or create your own, from other material, like …

As you may have seen, in this activity Joao understood what the story was about. He was not just playing with bricks, he was really saving the turtles. In the …

Learning braille through play. We say that play can lead to deeper learning when the activity is experienced as joyful. Nothing spurs us on more than the feeling of progressing …

This video provides ideas on how to use different materials and techniques to sort bricks. Using these tips can lessen the time required for activity preparation! During the following weeks, …

You’ve just watched Carla and Ryan, two teenagers who really enjoy playing “Battle”! This numeracy activity allows identification relative to the value of a number brick and comparison between two …