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This activity teaches the child to distinguish degrees of roughness.  Using the Touch Tablets also prepares the child for using the [[Sandpaper Letters]].
This activity teaches the child to distinguish degrees of roughness.  Using the Touch Tablets also prepares the child for using the [[Sandpaper Letters]].
== Materials ==
== Materials ==
Three rectangular boards:
One box with gradations of roughness, containing five pars of
 
rough tablets of the same gradation as the Rough and Smooth Board 3 Touch Board.
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 ==
== Presentations ==

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

One box with gradations of roughness, containing five pars of rough tablets of the same gradation as the Rough and Smooth Board 3 Touch Board.

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