Lego-esque 'Braille Bricks' help blind children learn to read

All the fun of Lego with a literacy twist.
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Lego-esque 'Braille Bricks' help blind children learn to read
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A new education project, Braille Bricks, is working to increase literacy levels in youth with blindness — using one of the most beloved children's toys of all time.

Each brick, which features raised studs just like a Lego, represents one letter of the Braille alphabet. The bricks are then arranged into learning kits for students, which they can use to form words.

To optimize the product's availability, creators have issued the designs under a Creative Commons license, which means that anyone can use them as long as they're released under the same license.

What does this mean for Braille Bricks? Even though only 300 sets have been manufactured so far, these delightfully innovative toys could become ubiquitous sooner than we might think.

[H/T: Adweek]

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Chloe was the shopping editor at Mashable. She was also previously a culture reporter. You can follow her on Twitter at @chloebryan.


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