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== Presentations ==
== Presentations ==
=== Board 1 ===
# Take out five boards, one of each pair.
# Secure the board in place using your left hand, but make sure it is not blocking the child’s sight or touching one of the rough or smooth parts
# Touch each board (one at a time) using your right index and middle fingers.
# Board 1: Gently place your right hand at the top of the rough half and gently stroke the rough half from top to bottom.
# Allow the child to experience what you are feeling.  
 
# Take out three pairs with the greatest contrast.  
Reminders
# Mix them up and place them in a pile in the middle of the table.  
# Remember to keep your hand relaxed.
# Take the board from the top and place it directly in front of you. Feel this board using two fingers.
# Repeat in the same manner for the smooth half.
# Tell the child, “I’m going to feel for the one just like it.”
# Repeat both sides.
# Place the next board from the pile next to the first board.
# Invite the child to touch in the same manner as you have done.  
# Close your eyes (or use the blindfold) and feel the first board, then the second board.
# Once the child has felt the board, you feel the board in the same manner as before, this time saying “rough” when you are touching the rough part and say “smooth” when you are touching the smooth part.
# If they do not match, tell the child so. Then place it off to the right side. Then bring the next board from the pile over and continue until you have found the one that is just like it.
 
# If they do feel the same, allow the child to feel. Then place them on top of each other off to the left side.
=== Board 2 ===
# Replace any discarded boards back into the original pile.
# Secure the board in place using your left hand, but make sure it is not blocking the child’s sight or touching one of the rough or smooth parts
# Repeat until all of the pairs have been matched.
# Board 2: Gently place your right index and middle fingers at the top of the first strip (the strip furthest to the left)
# Mix up the tablets and allow the child to match. (Offer him a blindfold.)
# Board 3: Gently place your right index and middle fingers at the top of the first strip (the strip furthest to the left and the one closest to smooth)
 
Reminders
# Gently trace the strip from top to bottom.
# Repeat for all of the other strips.  
# Remember to keep your hand relaxed.
# You can also close your eyes to feel better.
# Invite the child to feel this board.  
# Then you feel the board in the same manner as before, this time saying “rough” as you pass over the rough parts and say “smooth” when you are touching the smooth parts.
 
=== Board 3 ===
# Board 3: Gently place your right index and middle fingers at the top of the first strip (the strip furthest to the left and the one closest to smooth)
 
Reminders
# Gently trace the strip from top to bottom.
# Repeat for all of the other strips.  
# Remember to keep your hand relaxed.
# You can also close your eyes to feel better.
# Invite the child to feel this board.


== Points of Interest ==
== Points of Interest ==

Revision as of 07:52, 13 May 2012

Touch Tablets
Sensorial - Tactile Sense
LevelPrimary
Age3 - 4
PrerequisitesTouch Boards

This activity teaches the child to distinguish degrees of roughness. Using the Touch Tablets also prepares the child for using the Sandpaper Letters.

Materials

Three rectangular boards:

Rough and Smooth Board 1 One divided into two halves: the first half is polished and the second half is covered in sandpaper.

Rough and Smooth Board 2 One divided into ten strips: five strips are polished and five strips are covered in sandpaper as with the previous one.

Rough and Smooth Board 3 One divided into five strips from very rough to nearly smooth, starting with the same grade of sandpaper that is used in the previous boards (the sandpaper then in gradations of roughness).

Presentations

  1. Take out five boards, one of each pair.
  2. Touch each board (one at a time) using your right index and middle fingers.
  3. Allow the child to experience what you are feeling.
  4. Take out three pairs with the greatest contrast.
  5. Mix them up and place them in a pile in the middle of the table.
  6. Take the board from the top and place it directly in front of you. Feel this board using two fingers.
  7. Tell the child, “I’m going to feel for the one just like it.”
  8. Place the next board from the pile next to the first board.
  9. Close your eyes (or use the blindfold) and feel the first board, then the second board.
  10. If they do not match, tell the child so. Then place it off to the right side. Then bring the next board from the pile over and continue until you have found the one that is just like it.
  11. If they do feel the same, allow the child to feel. Then place them on top of each other off to the left side.
  12. Replace any discarded boards back into the original pile.
  13. Repeat until all of the pairs have been matched.
  14. Mix up the tablets and allow the child to match. (Offer him a blindfold.)

Points of Interest

Control of Error

Variations and Extensions

Material

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