1. SENSE-able Ways to Build
Tactile Literacy Skills
EXPLORATION OF
REAL OBJECTS
EXPERIENCE WITH VARIOUS TACTILE METHODS
SYMBOLIC UNDERSTANDING
FAMILIARITY WITH TACTILE TERMINOLOGY
SHAPE RECOGNITION
TEXTURE DISCRIMINATION
TITLE PAGE shows a young tactile reader exploring a collage map of California. Her fingers are actively engaged with the map. Surrounding the photo is a list of tactile skills including (clockwise): Exploration of Real Objects, Symbolic Understanding, Shape Recognition, Understanding Spatial Concepts, Scanning Techniques, Creating Graphics, Understanding Perspective, Texture Discrimination, Familiarity with Tactile Terminology, and Experience with Various Tactile Methods.
UNDERSTANDING SPATIAL CONCEPTS
UNDERSTANDING PERSPECTIVE
SCANNING TECHNIQUES
CREATING GRAPHICS

2. EXPLORATION OF REAL OBJECTS
Photo shows a collection of real objects—crayon, scissors, toothbrush, comb, ball, puzzle piece, zipper, spoon, key, cube, and linked bead string.

3. SYMBOLIC UNDERSTANDING (Transition from 3D to 2D)
REAL OBJECT MODEL TACTILE
DRAWING
SYMBOLIC UNDERSTANDING (Transition from 3D to 2D)
Photo shows a setup on the Setting the Stage for Tactile Understanding tray that demonstrates the progression from 3D object to 2D representation. Left to right, the first tray compartment shows a real toothbrush, the second compartment shows a thermoformed model of a toothbrush, and the third department shows a raised-line image of a toothbrush.

4. SHAPE RECOGNITION CIRCLES RECTANGLES TRIANGLES SQUARES
Photos show a Tactile Treasures tactile/color worksheet with basic shapes (oval, square, heart), a shape-matching activity set up on the ALL-IN-ONE Board with a Match-It-Up Frame, and the Textures Sorting Circles and Shapes kit. The words “circles,” “rectangles,” “squares,” and “triangles” surround the photos.

5. TEXTURE DISCRIMINATION
Photos show a texture-matching activity set up on the ALL-IN-ONE Board with a Match-It-Up Frame, the Flip-Over Concept Book: TEXTURES, and a collection of texture images (rough/coarse, wavy, bold bumpy, and diagonal striped).

6. UNDERSTANDING SPATIAL CONCEPTS
Photos show a variety of static and interactive tactile displays that illustrate basic spatial concepts (below/above, inside/outside, between, next to, etc.) and compass directions.

7. SCANNING TECHNIQUES YOUR IDEAS SCANNING TECHNIQUES
Photos show Flip-Over Concept Book: LINE PATHS, a graph with intersecting tactile lines, and a shape (point symbol) matching worksheet to encourage left-to-right, top-to-bottom scanning techniques.

8. FAMILIARITY WITH TACTILE TERMINOLOGY
Line Paths
Textures/Areal Patterns
Point Symbols
FAMILIARITY WITH TACTILE TERMINOLOGY
Line Paths, Textures/Areal Patterns, and Point Symbols with related photos that show representative textures, lines, and point/shape symbols.

9. EXPERIENCE WITH VARIOUS TACTILE METHODS
YOUR IDEAS
EXPERIENCE WITH VARIOUS TACTILE METHODS
Photos show tactile graphic displays using a variety of tactile methods—collage, thermoform, thermography, and microcapsule paper.

10. UNDERSTANDING PERSPECTIVE
YOUR IDEAS
UNDERSTANDING PERSPECTIVE
Photos of a 3D house, top view and side view of a turtle, various perspectives of a cube, a real drinking glass next to a line drawing of a drinking glass, and a top view of a room (kitchen) layout.

11. CREATING GRAPHICS CREATING GRAPHICS
Photos show Quick-Draw Paper, Color-by-Texture Marking Mats, DRAFTSMAN, and a zigzag texture transferred onto heavy-gauge aluminum foil with a stylus.

12. TACTILE SKILLS MATRIX
APH invites you to visit the new online Tactile Skills Matrix at
TACTILE SKILLS MATRIX
APH invites you to visit the new online Tactile Skills Matrix at
[Photo of home page of online Tactile Skills Matrix]

13. SENSE-able Ways to Build Tactile Literacy Skills
Presented by
Karen J. Poppe
Tactile Literacy Project Leader
July 22, 2017
AER International O&M Conference and Meeting
Pittsburgh
SENSE-able Ways to Build Tactile Literacy Skills
Presented by Karen J. Poppe
Tactile Literacy Project Leader
July 22, 2017
AER International O&M Conference and Meeting
Pittsburgh