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by inerg 1032 days ago
Interestingly Lego just announced they're releasing a block set to help kids learn Braille. From what I can tell it comes with 5 full sets of alphabets and numbers so you should be able to form most words. But I could be misreading the product description haha

I figure it's worth throwing out there in case anyone was curious to learn it and finds having the tactile option of putting the blocks together as potentially helpful

https://www.lego.com/en-ca/product/play-with-braille-english...

2 comments

Good, since previous sets were limited to an unusable subset like "⠿" ("for").

I believe they also encourage learning to read Braille with your bare feet in the middle of the night.

It’s remarkable how much sympathetic pain the phrase “stepping on a Lego at night” causes
This set has been out for years, but previously was only available via specialty channels, and almost unheard of in the USA.

It's good to see it get a wider distribution, even if many will be snatched up by AFOLs (adult fans of LEGO) to build weird contraptions.