Finish the Road 10 min 1 participant
Learn left to right reading direction, use notions of alignment to complete and walk across road made of bricks.
Let's play! Add bricks to finish the road across the top of the base plate – don’t leave any cracks to fall through.
Add a LEGO mini figure: make it walk or jump across the road, from left to right.
Feel the bumps in the road.
How to prepare 1 base plate
8 random bricks
1 bowl
1 LEGO mini figure
Place one brick on the base plate: horizontally, at the top left corner, to begin the road.
Facilitation tips Suggest “Show me how you follow the road with your index finger!”.
Ask “Can you tell me where there are a lot of studs and where you feel just a few?”.
Affix the base plate to the wall in a vertical plane to change perspective and facilitate understanding spatial notion.
Possible variations Change the starting number of bricks.
Add more roads.
Create a vertical road, one with turns, …
Children will develop these holistic skills
Cognitive Recognize and use notions of alignment, right angle, equality of lengths, middle, symmetry
Emotional Control motor skills and emotional commitment to succeed in simple actions
Physical Manipulate: make an intentional movement with an object
Creative Engage in solitary play activities for an ability appropriate amount of time
Social Request and accept help from others, use peers as a resource Did you know? Playful experiences are worthwhile in early education because children find them highly engaging-driven by an inner curiosity and enthusiasm, they try harder, persist for longer and think more deeply.
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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Pre-braille activities Manipulation
Orientation
Constellation
Braille activities Characters
Literacy
Numeracy
15 activities in Orientation Apple Trees Develop hand and finger strength and recognize spatial relationships. Create an apple orchard on the base plate.
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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.
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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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