Tactile

Students in all stages of development use their sense of touch to help understand concepts like hot/warm/cool, rough and smooth textures, soft and hard, and in the case of hearing impaired, reading and writing. The materials that have been developed to increase this sense of awareness rely on comparisons between these characteristics, allowing students to come to their own conclusions and understanding. Strengthening their connections to this sense, allows for a great deal of additional exploration in other parts of the classroom.

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Fabric Feeling

Antares

Often it is difficult to put ourselves in the mind of our students since most of us are so familiar with the world and all of its intricacies. As the sense of touch develops, it almost becomes second nature for students to ignore the many fabrics that form a part of their daily activities. By taking this for granted, students miss out and often limit their descriptions of textiles by settling with soft or scratchy. This activity is an opportunity to connect with materials that the student encounters quite often, and can be a very effective way to demonstrate the concept of texture in a familiar way.
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Rough and Smooth

Collin
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Rough and Smooth Boards

Jessica

The Rough and Smooth tablets are a sensory exercise that assist in the understanding of texture. Students can take objects from a basket and compare the feeling of that object on their hand with tablets that
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Rough and Smooth Tablets

Collin

Rough and smooth tablets have everything to do with tactile sensory development. This apparatus consists of 5 pairs of Masonite boards with sandpaper on one side, varying in degrees of roughness from coarse to fine.