Braille Legos
image from Brickset
I was reading through some of the articles found in the DOGO news (you can find this in the CPS Portal in the Electronic Library in Destiny) when a fascinating article caught my eye: Denmark's LEGO Group, creators of all the wonderful LEGO products that children use to build worlds, has created LEGO braille blocks to help visually impaired children worldwide learn braille.
Braille is a system of raised dots that represent individual alphabet and numbers. By touching the raised dots, the individual can determine the letter of the alphabet indicated and put letters into words. This can be difficult for young children, so the LEGO Group created the braille bricks to help young children learn braille through play.
The LEGO braille blocks are similar to the original building blocks, but instead of the eight studs, the 2X3 array has raised braille dots with the number and letters printed on the bottom. Both blind and sighted players can build together.
image from NPR
Very cool!
