In my experience children love to collect things in boxes or containers, here I use the idea to help introduce the letters or contractions of the Braille code.
Materials required
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1 x White label
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Small pieces of velcro
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Sticky back Braille
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Foam or thick card
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Double side tape
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Thick card to cover box lid
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Textured paper
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Boxes with lift off lid, any size box can be used
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Objects begining with the letter or part of the code being taught
Method
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Use the double sided sellotape to cut and secure a piece of card in place the size of the top of the box. (Any box with a lift off lid can be used to make these Braille Code Boxes, the bigger the box the bigger the objects the child can have fun collecting!)
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Add a piece of coloured foam, approximately half the size of the box lid, use double sided sellotape to secure in palce
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Cut out Braille Writer keys and use double side tape to secure in position.
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Use textured paper to identify the keys that form the letter or contraction, cut to shape and stick in place.
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Add the braille/print letter in the top right corner, using a white label to print the letter and add Braille on sticky back Braille paper
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Add a small strip of velcro to the middle of the box and add an object beginning with the sound, ch, wh, ed, ou, ar etc
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Add some objects to the box beginning with that sound for the child to explore
or
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The child could have it as a weekly activity to add objects to the box, whilst they are working on the particular letter/sound
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Make up games where a selection of objects are placed on their tray and they add to the box the ones beginning with the letter sound
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Put some Braille sticky labels in the box and as the child moves around their environment they take a label from the box and add it to the object they locate beginning with that letter sound
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