[BlindKid] Bringing Braille Fun Home: LEGO(R) Braille Bricks on Sale for the First Time

Fri Aug 25 02:34:17 UTC 2023

Bringing Braille Fun Home: LEGO® Braille Bricks on Sale for the First Time
Thank you to Carol Castellano
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for this information!!

$89.95 -- can pre-order until September 1
https://www.lego.com/.../play-with-braille-english-40656
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>From LEGO at:
https://www.lego.com/en-us/aboutus/news/2023/august/lego-braille-bricks-play-with-braille-
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Following an overwhelming response from around the world, LEGO® Braille
Bricks are now available to purchase online at LEGO.com.
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The launch marks a significant milestone in the development of more
inclusive learning through play experiences.
With both braille and printed letters, numbers and symbols on each brick,
and games designed for all ages, the new ‘LEGO Braille Bricks – Play with
Braille’ set makes learning braille more fun and accessible to everyone.
Available in English and French from 1st September 2023 with pre-order
starting 24th August and additional languages to follow next year.
Image of a father who is blind holds his hand on a LEGO® Braille Bricks
element chart, which shows and overview of the different coloured LEGO
Braille Bricks, on the table as his son studies it.Billund, Denmark, 24th
August 2023: Ahead of World Blind Awareness Month this October and in
response to global demand, the LEGO Group announces LEGO® braille bricks
are available to purchase for the first time through LEGO.com.
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The new product - LEGO® Braille Bricks – Play with Braille – is aimed at
kids aged 6+ and has been designed so that anyone who is curious about
braille, be they blind, partially-sighted or sighted, can have fun getting
to know the braille system at home with their family members in a playful,
inclusive way.Martine Abel-Williamson, President, World Blind Union,
commented: “For blind and partially sighted children, and adults for that
matter, it makes all the difference if they can share their journey of
learning braille with the people they love the most. For the blind
community, braille is not just literacy, it’s our entry to independence and
inclusion into this world, and to have LEGO Braille Bricks made available
for the wider public is a massive step forward to ensuring more children
will want to learn braille in the first place. And because it’s based on a
product that so many families already know and love, this is really an
invitation for all family members to have fun building tactile skills and
getting familiar with braille using the same tool.”Until now, LEGO Braille
Bricks have only been distributed free of charge by the LEGO Foundation to
organisations* specializing in the education of children with vision
impairment. Since the launch of these educational kits in 2020, feedback
from parents, carers, grandparents, children, and educators has continually
highlighted the positive impact the bricks have and how they transform the
way children with vision impairment can learn braille. This overwhelming
response has led to the creation of LEGO Braille Bricks - Play with Braille
to give families the opportunity to enjoy the benefits and practice their
tactile skills at home.
Lisa Taylor, mum to 7-year-old Olivia and 4-year-old Imogen, commented:
“Olivia first discovered LEGO braille bricks at school and they had such a
big impact on her curiosity for braille. Before then, she found it hard to
get started with the symbols but now she’s improving all the time. To have
a set at home changes everything. We can play with braille together as a
family and she can introduce braille to her little sister in a way they
both love. LEGO braille bricks are accessible for her without being really
different for other kids, so she gets to play and learn just like every
other child. That makes her feel included which is so important, not just
to Olivia but any child.”
LEGO Braille Bricks – Play with Braille includes 287 bricks in five
colours: white, yellow, green, red and blue. All bricks are fully
compatible with other LEGO products and the studs on each brick are
arranged to correspond to the numbers and letters in the braille system,
with the printed version of the symbol or letter situated below the studs.
The set also includes two baseplates to build on and comes in packaging
with braille embossing. To enhance the play experience and support
pre-braille skill development, a series of supporting play starters are
available on LEGO.com
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and will teach players how to orient, attach and stack the bricks through
well-loved games such as Rock, Paper, Scissors, which all members of the
family can take part in.

Carlton Anne Cook Walker
Attorney at Law
BEAR--Blindness Education and Advocacy Resources
Teacher of Students with Blindness/Low Vision
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Carlisle, PA   17015
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