LEGO Braille Bricks Video

Transcript of video:

The New Hampshire Department of Education, NH Accessible Educational Materials Center have announced the arrival of LEGO ® Braille Brick Kits from the American Printing House for the Blind, an official partner responsible for distributing LEGO Braille Bricks.

LEGO ® Braille Brick Kits are offered FREE of charge by the LEGO Foundation, and have been designed to be used with an educational curriculum that is led by a teacher. Braille is an essential tool for young people who are blind or visually impaired; the LEGO Foundation designed the bricks as a fun way to teach reinforce braille skills while learning through play.

(video of Gabby opening the box of LEGO Braille Bricks. She starts the video by taking the cover off of the LEGO Braille Bricks box. Gabby then shows the cardboard insert that displays all of the braille alphabet bricks and bricks with math symbols. At the end of the video, Gabby shares the message that she wrote using the LEGO Braille Bricks – Braille is Great!)

“Hi, I’m Gabby! I’m really excited because I just got the new Lego Braille Bricks. They are actually pretty cool, so yeah. So once you take this off and flip it around you’ll notice there’s the whole alphabet and numbers on here and all the math symbols such as plus, minus, equal, division, and multiplication. And they’re really cool cause you can play with them and learn and having a braille teacher with you is encouraged. Anyways, yeah, B-R-L is G-R-T meaning Braille is Great!”

LEGO ® Braille Bricks are being distributed to APH Ex-Officio Trustees (EOT), who will work to distribute to teachers and classrooms. The LEGO Foundation’s hope is to ensure many years of learning, by having them passed down from student-to-student.

Want to learn more about LEGO ® Braille Bricks? Contact New Hampshire AEM Ex-Officio Mary Lane, at (603) 271-3740 or Mary.Lane@doe.nh.gov or contact New Hampshire AEM Ex-Officio Assistant Barbara Dauphinais, at (603) 271-3791 or Barbara.Dauphiniais@doe.nh.gov.