Find the Crazy Duck 10 min 1 participant
Compare different orientations of bricks on a base plate. Find and manipulate the crazy duck to place it back in line.
Let's play! Explore the base plate.
Find the crazy duck who is out of order.
Pick the crazy duck and replace it correctly in the row.
How to prepare 1 base plate
10 bricks or more
Make a line of spaced bricks in reading position, across the top of the base plate.
Place one of those bricks in the opposite direction.
Children will develop these holistic skills
Physical Name spatial relationships Compare - discover similarities, differences, and preferences: sort and match
Creative Reproduce, assemble, organize, link graphic patterns and then create new ones
Social Follow rules in games led by adult, take turns Did you know? Because child development is beautifully complex, we take a holistic view and highlight the importance of children’s physical, social, cognitive, creative and emotional skills and how these complements and interact with one another.
Pre-braille activity groups Manipulation Discover and get used to the bricks, learn how to handle, assemble and put them on the base plate.
15 activities
Orientation Learn how to position the bricks on the base plate and be aware that their orientation is important.
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Constellation Discover the braille cell and how studs are arranged in two columns. Learn how to differentiate the studs.
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Enchanted Forest Identify spatial relationships on a vertical plate, recognize notions of alignment and build columns to create trees.
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Build a Fence Identify various brick orientation; recognize obstacles and solve problems while building a fence around the garden.
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Build a Rectangular Tower Understand a 3D rectangular shape, improve fine motor skills and create a strategy to build the rectangle into a tower.
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Build a Square Tower Understand a 3D square shape, improve fine motor skills and create a strategy to build the square into a tower.
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Build a Wall Develop fine motor skills, recognize spatial relationships and increase knowledge of brick alignment to build a wall.
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Park the Car Improve Listening comprehension and spatial relationship understanding. Park the right car in the right spot.
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Continue the Rhythm Recognize patterns of bricks, learn left to right reading direction, promote creativity with pattern completion.
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Find the Crazy Duck Compare different orientations of bricks on a base plate. Find and manipulate the crazy duck to place it back in line.
Pre-braille Orientation
Find Upside Down Compare different braille shapes through tactile exploration. Find the upside-down brick to place it right side up.
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Finish the Road Learn left to right reading direction, use notions of alignment to complete and walk across road made of bricks.
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Make the River Flow Explore tactile properties of a brick for orientation. Plan alignment and assemble bricks to create a flowing river.
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