LEGO Braille Bricks Add Additional Languages
To coincide with World Braille Day, today the LEGO Group have launched the Braille Brick kit in additional languages. The LEGO® Braille Bricks began life as an educational tool created in partnership with the LEGO Foundation. A retail version was launched in August 2023, with both the English and French alphabet available in selected regions. Additional languages now available include Spanish, German and Italian. Learn more below....
LEGO Braille Bricks Are Now Available To Purchase
Back in 2019, The LEGO Group and the LEGO Foundation announced a new concept inspired by Braille. The result was LEGO® Braille Bricks and kits featuring these unique LEGO bricks have been made for selected communities over the past couple of years. Now a retail version of LEGO Braille Bricks has been created. LEGO Braille Bricks – Play with Braille includes 287 bricks in five colours: white, yellow, green, red and blue. All bricks are...
LEGO Braille Bricks UK Launch
Today, The LEGO Group has announced that children with vision impairment across the UK are set to benefit from thousands of LEGO® Braille Bricks toolkits thanks to the Royal National Institute of Blind People’s (RNIB) work with the LEGO Foundation. LEGO Braille Bricks is a new playful tool to teach Braille to blind and visually impaired children, the kits including approximately 300 LEGO bricks that are specially moulded so that the...
LEGO Braille Bricks To Launch In 20 Countries
After a successful pilot program, LEGO® Braille Bricks are set to be rolled out across 20 countries. The LEGO Foundation and the LEGO Group first announced the introduction of a unique new brick which has been inspired by Braille last year. The concept behind LEGO® Braille Bricks was to create a unique and tactile method of learning Braille and using it in other educational ways. Now toolkits featuring these new bricks are set to be...
LEGO Braille Bricks Kits Now Available
Early last year the LEGO Group and the LEGO Foundation announced the introduction of a unique new brick which has been inspired by Braille. The concept behind LEGO® Braille Bricks was first proposed to the LEGO Foundation in 2011 by the Danish Association of the Blind and again in 2017 by the Brazilian-based Dorina Nowill Foundation for the Blind. Over the last year or so the new Braille Bricks are been tested and refined. Now...
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