Post by account_disabled on Mar 12, 2024 5:14:44 GMT
Most of us have played with LEGO blocks. By doing so, our imagination flies as we create whatever construction is in our minds. LEGO knows this and that is why it has bricks of different colors to build with them whatever our imagination allows us.
LEGO has also focused on creating blocks for educational purposes . For this reason, it has decided to present Braille Bricks so that children with visual disabilities can learn the system through a playful and attractive way.
These are bricks based on the two-column system that LEGO blocks share with the characters of the Braille system. Each brick is “fully compatible” with existing LEGO bricks , the company explained in a press release.
In 2011, the Danish Association for the France Mobile Number List Blind suggested the concept to the LEGO Foundation, while the Brazil-based Dorina Nowill Foundation for the Blind proposed the bricks in 2016 .
At that time, the proposal was open to any toy brand that wanted to develop it. LEGO didn't immediately raise his hand. Felipe Luchi, creative director of the agency stated that in fact the brand had rejected the proposal in a first approach.
However, LEGO didn't take too long. He soon set to work continuing to develop prototypes with both organisations, as well as British charities Leonard Cheshire and the Royal National Institute of Blind People, and the Norwegian Association of the Blind and Visually Impaired. This was stated recently by a spokesperson for the brand.
Notably, each LEGO brick will feature the Braille alphabet, as well as numbers and mathematical symbols.
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The letters of the Braille alphabet start from a matrix of two vertical lines with three dots each, making it practically identical to the design of a LEGO block . The designers realized that by deforming the toys a little to highlight some points and omitting white spaces, they could create each of the letters with a different brick.
It is worth mentioning that this playful material will have approximately 250 bricks, which will cover the complete Braille alphabet, numbers from zero to nine, mathematical symbols, as well as “inspiration for teaching and interactive games.” The final LEGO Braille Bricks kit is expected to be released in 2020 and will be distributed free of charge to selected institutions.
The material is currently being tested in various schools in Portuguese, Danish, English and Norwegian, while the Spanish, French and German versions will be tested later this year.
In addition, LEGO will distribute it free of charge in various institutions through partner organizations.
Driving learning
According to Philippe Chazal, treasurer of the European Union of the Blind, “fewer and fewer children are learning dance due to the increase in audiobooks and computer programs for the visually impaired. With thousands of audiobooks and computer programs available, fewer children are learning to read braille.”
“This is particularly critical when we know that braille users are often more independent, have a higher level of education, and have better employment opportunities,” Chazal continued. “We firmly believe that LEGO Braille Bricks can help raise the level of interest in learning braille, so we are delighted that the Lego Foundation is making it possible to promote this concept and bring it to children around the world.”
LEGO has also focused on creating blocks for educational purposes . For this reason, it has decided to present Braille Bricks so that children with visual disabilities can learn the system through a playful and attractive way.
These are bricks based on the two-column system that LEGO blocks share with the characters of the Braille system. Each brick is “fully compatible” with existing LEGO bricks , the company explained in a press release.
In 2011, the Danish Association for the France Mobile Number List Blind suggested the concept to the LEGO Foundation, while the Brazil-based Dorina Nowill Foundation for the Blind proposed the bricks in 2016 .
At that time, the proposal was open to any toy brand that wanted to develop it. LEGO didn't immediately raise his hand. Felipe Luchi, creative director of the agency stated that in fact the brand had rejected the proposal in a first approach.
However, LEGO didn't take too long. He soon set to work continuing to develop prototypes with both organisations, as well as British charities Leonard Cheshire and the Royal National Institute of Blind People, and the Norwegian Association of the Blind and Visually Impaired. This was stated recently by a spokesperson for the brand.
Notably, each LEGO brick will feature the Braille alphabet, as well as numbers and mathematical symbols.
j4fdiccds5l3us28ipox
The letters of the Braille alphabet start from a matrix of two vertical lines with three dots each, making it practically identical to the design of a LEGO block . The designers realized that by deforming the toys a little to highlight some points and omitting white spaces, they could create each of the letters with a different brick.
It is worth mentioning that this playful material will have approximately 250 bricks, which will cover the complete Braille alphabet, numbers from zero to nine, mathematical symbols, as well as “inspiration for teaching and interactive games.” The final LEGO Braille Bricks kit is expected to be released in 2020 and will be distributed free of charge to selected institutions.
The material is currently being tested in various schools in Portuguese, Danish, English and Norwegian, while the Spanish, French and German versions will be tested later this year.
In addition, LEGO will distribute it free of charge in various institutions through partner organizations.
Driving learning
According to Philippe Chazal, treasurer of the European Union of the Blind, “fewer and fewer children are learning dance due to the increase in audiobooks and computer programs for the visually impaired. With thousands of audiobooks and computer programs available, fewer children are learning to read braille.”
“This is particularly critical when we know that braille users are often more independent, have a higher level of education, and have better employment opportunities,” Chazal continued. “We firmly believe that LEGO Braille Bricks can help raise the level of interest in learning braille, so we are delighted that the Lego Foundation is making it possible to promote this concept and bring it to children around the world.”