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TACTILE TREASURESMath and Language Concepts forYoung Children with Visual ImpairmentsTactile/Color EditionGuidebookProduct Designer/AuthorKaren J. PoppeTactile Graphics Project LeaderModel/Pattern MakerTom PoppeCopyright © 2012All Rights ReservedAmerican Printing House for the Blind, Inc.1839 Frankfort AvenueMailing Address:P.O. Box 6085 • Louisville, KY 40206-0085Phone: 502-895-2405 • Toll Free: 800-223-1839Fax: 502-899-2274 • E-mail: info@aph.orgWeb site: www.aph.orgShopping: http://shop.aph.orgKit Catalog No. 1-08842-01i

In keeping with our philosophy to provide accessto information for people who are blind or visuallyimpaired, the American Printing House for the Blindprovides an electronic version of this book for largeprint and braille readers.Free downloadable files of the print guidebook,braille guidebook, and Checklist of Conceptsare available at http://www.aph.org/manuals/index.htmlCatalog Number 1-08842-01Copyright © 2012,American Printing House for the Blind, Inc.All rights reserved.Printed in the United States of America.This publication is protected by Copyright andpermission should be obtained from the publisherprior to any reproduction, storage in a retrievalsystem, or transmission in any form or by any meanselectronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, orotherwise, unless where noted on specific pages.For information regarding permission, write tothe American Printing House for the Blind, 1839Frankfort Avenue, Louisville, KY 40206-0085.All product names are registered trademarks of theirrespective companies.ii

Position [Binder 3] .......................................... 39Inside; Outside; Around; Over; Above; Under;Below; Between; Through; Away From; NextTo; Beside; Nearest; Farthest; Separated; Top;Bottom; Upside Down; Right; Left; Center;Middle; Row; Line; First; Second; Third; Last;Beginning; End ............................................... 41Pre-Reading [Binder 3] ................................... 51Top; Bottom; Side; Left; Right; Center; Middle;Corner; Front; Back ......................................... 53CHECKLIST OF CONCEPTS ............................... 55iv

INTRODUCTIONOverview of MaterialsTactile Treasures: Math and Language Conceptsfor Young Children with Visual Impairments,Color/Tactile Edition, is an informal assessmentand teaching tool for use with children with visualimpairments and blindness in preschool, kindergarten,and elementary grades. It includes thermoformedsheets with pictures made from real objects to illustrateconcepts related to shape, size, amount, comparison oftwo or more objects, position, pre‐reading, and pageorientation. The guidebook provides two suggestedscripts/stories for each concept. These scriptscan be read aloud to the child as the tactile pagesare presented.Tactile Treasures was originally published by theAmerican Printing House for the Blind in 1997. Thisnewest edition incorporates notable updates includingthe addition of color, more durable tactile sheets, and a“Checklist of Concepts” for monitoring the progressof an individual child.Instructions for Use• Determine the presentation order of the tactilepages based upon the child’s readiness for a givenconcept. For your convenience a “Checklist ofConcepts” is provided in this guidebook, asGuidebook1

well as on the accompanying CD, to track a child’sunderstanding of each concept.• Always remove a tactile sheet from the binderbefore use and place it on a flat, secure surfacewithin a comfortable reaching distance from thechild. If desired, a sheet of non-slip material or shelfliner (e.g., Dycem ® ) can be placed under the sheetduring presentation.• Utilize the provided scripts to introduce each concept.In most cases, a concept is presented twice on thesame tactile page. The raised bar in the center of thetactile page divides it into top and bottom halves.The top half corresponds to Script 1 and the bottomhalf corresponds to Script 2. Occasionally, a conceptis presented only once on a given page. The tactilesheets are numbered in the lower left corner of eachpage in braille and incised print.• For those pages that are divided into top and bottomhalves, familiarize the child with the tactile dividingline (or raised bar) in the center of the page. Manyof the concepts presented within the “AMOUNT”category in Binder II involve groups of objects.These groups are separated by dotted verticallines. Familiarize the child with these dotted linesand how they act as separators between groupsof objects.2

• Recreate the tactile page layout using real objects.• Encourage descriptive language. Before reading thescript, ask the child to describe what she feels onthe tactile page (e.g., bumpy, rough, smooth, curved,pointed, etc.) and discuss similarities and differencesbetween the objects shown.• Compose original scripts to accompany the tactilepages that are meaningful to the child.• Substitute the proper name(s) in the script with thechild’s name or the name of someone personallyknown by the child.• Introduce or reinforce concepts other than the one(s)presented in the script. For example, the followingquestions might be posed using the tactile page thatintroduces the concept of circle. What shape is tothe left/right of the circle? What is the first/second/third/last shape in the row? What shape is betweentwo other shapes? Where is the square? Where is thetriangle? What shape is next to/beside the square?Are any of the shapes the same? Are there more orfewer shapes below the raised bar? Are the numberof shapes above the raised bar equal to the numberof shapes below the raised bar?• Challenge the child to create a story incorporatingboth objects shown above and below the raisedbar on the tactile page (no matter how silly theresulting tale!).4

ShapeCircleSquareTriangleRectangleOvalStarHeartDiamondStraightCurvedUnderlinedX (shape)BINDER 1

STAR PAGE 6SCRIPT 1Vanessa likes playing dress-up in her fairy godmothercostume with the star-shaped magic wand. Find thestar among these shapes.SCRIPT 2Sam cut star shapes out of rolled playdough. Find thestars among these shapes.HEART PAGE 7SCRIPT 1The heart-shaped picture frame fell and broke whileWendy was dusting the mantel. Find the heart-shapedpicture frame.SCRIPT 2Matthew brought heart-shaped candies to school forValentine’s Day to share with his friends. Find theheart-shaped pieces of candy.DIAMOND PAGE 8SCRIPT 1Maddie’s mom lost one of her diamond-shapedearrings. Here it is! Find the earring that is shapedlike a diamond.Guidebook11

SCRIPT 2Dustin couldn’t wait to become a cub scout like hisolder brother and earn diamond-shaped badges. Findthe diamond-shaped badges.STRAIGHT PAGE 9SCRIPT 1A straight piece of spaghetti can quickly become awiggly wet noodle once it is cooked. Find the straightpiece of spaghetti.SCRIPT 2Marie and her dad were replacing some old nails onthe barn. The new nails were straight, but the old nailswere bent or curved. Find the straight nails.CURVED PAGE 10SCRIPT 1Bart and Morgan were using toy blocks to build a roadfor their cars. They wanted to add some curvedpieces. Find a curved block.SCRIPT 2Most of the track pieces in Kris’s electric train setwere straight, but a few pieces were curved. Findthe curved pieces of train track.12

UNDERLINED PAGE 11SCRIPT 1Lucy drew a line under her favorite shape. Was Lucy’sfavorite shape a square, triangle, or circle? Find theunderlined shape and you’ll know Lucy’s favorite shape.SCRIPT 2Steven only colored the circles with a line under them.Find all of the underlined circles.X (shape) PAGE 12SCRIPT 1The location of the treasure chest was marked by an Xon the map. Find an X among these shapes.SCRIPT 2Oliver placed the X-shaped game pieces in a row on theTic-Tac-Toe board. Find the X-shaped game pieces.Guidebook13

SizeSmaller/-estLarger/-estBigger/-estMedium-sizedLonger/-estShorter/-estTaller/-estThinner/-estWider/-estFatter/-estBINDER 1

SMALLER PAGE 13SCRIPT 1Christine’s ring is much smaller than her sister’s. Findthe smaller ring.SCRIPT 2Jose hung the smaller of two candy canes on the treebranch. Find the smaller candy cane.SMALLEST PAGE 14SCRIPT 1Jessica glued the smallest button on her paper man. Itmade the perfect nose! Find the smallest button.SCRIPT 2The carpenter used the smallest screw to fasten thebroken leg onto the stool. Find the smallest screw.LARGER/BIGGER PAGE 15SCRIPT 1It took more than one bite to eat the larger/biggerpretzel. Find the larger/bigger pretzel.SCRIPT 2Amy liked to use the larger/bigger pair of scissorsfor her art projects. Find the larger/bigger pairof scissors.17

LARGEST/BIGGEST PAGE 16SCRIPT 1Aiden dumped the coins out of his grandmother’schange purse. The largest/biggest coin was a halfdollar. Find the largest/biggest coin.SCRIPT 2Jenna was delighted that her present was wrapped inthe largest/biggest box. Find the largest/biggest box.MEDIUM-SIZED PAGE 17SCRIPT 1Troy placed three different coins next to each other onthe table. His favorite coin was neither the largest northe smallest coin. His favorite coin was the mediumsizedcoin. Find the medium-sized coin.SCRIPT 2The largest piece of chalk had never been used. Thesmallest piece of chalk had been used a lot. But themedium-sized piece of chalk had been used only afew times. Find the medium-sized piece of chalk.LONGER PAGE 18SCRIPT 1Juan had only two pencils in his desk drawer. Thelonger one he borrowed from his friend. Findthe longer pencil.18

SCRIPT 2Of the two barrettes, the longer barrette held Susan’shair better. Find the longer barrette.LONGEST PAGE 19SCRIPT 1Alyssa hunted for the broken pieces of her pearlnecklace. She found the longest strand of pearls underthe bed. Find the longest strand of pearls.LONGEST PAGE 20SCRIPT 2Antonio needed the longest drinking straw to sipthe lemonade from the tall glass. Find the longestdrinking straw.SHORTER PAGE 21SCRIPT 1Jake’s toothbrush is shorter than his father’stoothbrush. Find the shorter toothbrush.SCRIPT 2Simone has two keys on her keychain. The shorterkey opens the front door of her house. Find theshorter key.Guidebook19

SHORTEST PAGE 22SCRIPT 1Charlie used his favorite crayon so often that itis now the shortest crayon in the box. Find theshortest crayon.SCRIPT 2Samantha helped her uncle find the shortest nail in thetoolbox. Find the shortest nail.TALLER PAGE 23SCRIPT 1Mindy’s gingerbread man was taller than Luke’s. Findthe taller gingerbread man.SCRIPT 2Scott pretended that the taller stack of blocks was anoffice building. Find the taller stack of blocks.TALLEST PAGE 24SCRIPT 1Stephanie put the tallest birthday candle in thecenter of the cake. Find the tallest birthday candle.SCRIPT 2The person who can make the tallest stack ofpennies within a minute will be the winner. Findthe tallest stack of pennies.20

THINNER PAGE 25SCRIPT 1One of the square picture frames was thinner than theother. Find the thinner picture frame.SCRIPT 2The thinner cord was easier to tie around the box. Findthe thinner cord.THINNEST PAGE 26SCRIPT 1It was impossible to drink the thick chocolate milkshakewith the thinnest straw. Find the thinnest straw.SCRIPT 2Carl wanted to use the thinnest type of noodle in hiscasserole. Find the thinnest noodle.WIDER PAGE 27SCRIPT 1The tongue depressor that the doctor used toexamine Sean’s throat was wider than a popsiclestick. Find the wider stick.SCRIPT 2The strap on Kate’s backpack is wider than the strapon her friend’s backpack. Find the wider strap.Guidebook21

WIDEST PAGE 28SCRIPT 1Marty wanted the toy train with the widest track for hisbirthday. Find the widest train track.SCRIPT 2Francine liked the watch with the widest wristband. Findthe watch with the widest wristband.FATTER PAGE 29SCRIPT 1Brooke’s gingerbread man is fatter than Todd’s. Findthe fatter gingerbread man.SCRIPT 2Both pretzel sticks were salted, but the fatter pretzelstick was tastier. Find the fatter pretzel stick.FATTEST PAGE 30SCRIPT 1Larry wanted to use the fattest crayon to finish thecoloring activity. Find the fattest crayon.SCRIPT 2Clair taped the fattest candy cane to the top of thepresent. Find the fattest candy cane.22

ComparisonSameDifferentAlikeMatchWithWithoutOtherBINDER 2

SAME PAGE 31SCRIPT 1Kelsey and Kyle bent their pipe cleaners into the sameshape. Find the shapes that are the same.SCRIPT 2Lindsey bought some nuts from the store. Most of thenuts she chose were the same. Find the nuts that arethe same.DIFFERENT PAGE 32SCRIPT 1One of the crayons in Aaron’s crayon box was differentfrom the others. Find the crayon that is different fromthe other crayons.SCRIPT 2Valerie found some seashells on the beach, but herfavorite was the one that was different from the others.Find the seashell that is different from the others.ALIKE PAGE 33SCRIPT 1There are so many different styles of toothbrushes,but the type the dentist gave out were all alike. Findthe toothbrushes that are alike.25

SCRIPT 2Before Lydia went swimming, she pulled her hair backwith two barrettes. The barrettes she wore were alike.Find the barrettes that are alike.MATCH PAGE 34SCRIPT 1Josh thinks that both keys must open the same doorbecause they match. Find the keys that match.SCRIPT 2Carmen found at least two earrings in her messyjewelry box that match. Find the earrings that match.WITH PAGE 35SCRIPT 1Ben’s mouth watered when he smelled the doughnutwith chocolate sprinkles. Find the doughnut withchocolate sprinkles.SCRIPT 2Dad found a screw with some nails on top of hisworkbench. Find a screw with some nails.26

WITHOUT PAGE 36SCRIPT 1Holly still has all of the cups to her tea party set, butone of the cups is broken and without a handle. Findthe cup without a handle.SCRIPT 2Nathan likes pretzels without salt. Find the pretzelwithout salt.OTHER PAGE 37SCRIPT 1Whoops! Anthony just dropped one of his gingerbreadman cookies on the floor. An arm and leg broke off.That’s okay…he can eat the other gingerbread mancookie. Find the other gingerbread man cookie.SCRIPT 2Kara had three cookie cutters she could use to makeher cookies. She didn’t want to use the heart-shapedcookie cutter. She didn’t want to use the star-shapedcookie cutter either. She wanted to use the othercookie cutter. Find the other cookie cutter.Guidebook27

AmountManyMostLeast/FewestMoreLessSome, Not ManyAs ManySeveralFew/FewerEveryAllNoneEqualUnequalAlmostHalfWholePairBINDER 2NOTE: Many of the concepts presented within the“AMOUNT” category involve groups of objects.These groups are separated by dotted vertical lines.Familiarize the child with these dotted lines and howthey act as separators between groups of objects.

MANY PAGE 38SCRIPT 1Gayle made a wreath by gluing uncooked macaronionto a circular piece of cardboard. It took many piecesof macaroni to finish her wreath. Find the group thathas many pieces of macaroni.SCRIPT 2Many nails are needed to fix the porch floor. Find thegroup that has many nails.MOST PAGE 39SCRIPT 1At the fall festival, Yan won a prize during the pumpkincarving contest for gathering the most pumpkin seeds.Find the group that has the most pumpkin seeds.SCRIPT 2Shawna was such a slow eater! She had the mostCheerios left in her breakfast bowl. Find the group thathas the most Cheerios.31

LEAST/FEWEST PAGE 40SCRIPT 1Although Alexander found the least/fewest number ofseashells on his family’s trip to the beach, his seashellswere by far the most interesting. Find the group thathas the least/fewest number of seashells.SCRIPT 2Briana is the youngest in her family and has the least/fewest number of candles on her cake. Find the groupwith the least/fewest number of candles.MORE PAGE 41SCRIPT 1One doughnut had more sprinkles than the other. Findthe doughnut with more sprinkles than the other.SCRIPT 2There were more rings in one box than there were inthe other boxes. Find the box that has more rings thanthe other boxes.LESS/FEWER PAGE 42SCRIPT 1One of the hair combs has less/fewer teeth than theothers. Find the comb with less/fewer teeth thanthe others.32

SCRIPT 2There were less/fewer beads on Jan’s bracelet thanthere were on Lynn’s. Find the bracelet with less/fewerbeads than the other.SOME, NOT MANY PAGE 43SCRIPT 1Trent was disappointed to find only some, not manydimes in his pocket. Find the group that has some, notmany dimes.SCRIPT 2Cassie wore some, not many rings on her fingers. Findthe group that has some, not many rings.AS MANY PAGE 44SCRIPT 1There are as many Cheerios in one box as there arein another. Find a box that has as many Cheerios asanother box.SCRIPT 2There are as many sprinkles on one doughnut asthere are on another. Find a doughnut that has asmany sprinkles on it as another doughnut.Guidebook33

SEVERAL PAGE 45SCRIPT 1When trick-or-treaters came to her door on Halloweennight, Johanna gave each goblin several pieces ofbubble gum. Find a group that has several pieces ofbubble gum.SCRIPT 2There were several pushpins on Ted’s cork board. Finda group that has several pushpins.FEW PAGE 46SCRIPT 1Elizabeth needed only a few buttons to sew onto a sockto make the eyes and nose of her hand puppet. Findthe group with a few buttons.SCRIPT 2Wesley’s grandmother told him that he could eat just afew pieces of candy before dinner. Find the group witha few pieces of candy.34

EVERY PAGE 47SCRIPT 1Ashley and Jim helped each other pick up the droppedgame pieces. Ashley picked up every game pieceshaped like a circle. Find the group in which everygame piece is shaped like a circle.SCRIPT 2Every cup on the shelf had a handle. Find every cupwith a handle.ALL PAGE 48SCRIPT 1Casey removed all of the bent nails from the toolbox.Find the group in which all of the nails are bent.SCRIPT 2Rob hadn’t taken a single bite of his gingerbreadman cookie. All of it was still on his plate. Find thegingerbread man that is all there.NONE PAGE 49SCRIPT 1Oliver’s baby sister yanked on his mother’snecklace so hard that it broke, sending the pearlsrolling and bouncing on the floor. None of the pearlswere left on the necklace. Find the necklacewith none of its pearls.Guidebook35

SCRIPT 2None of the buttons on Kelly’s sweater were square.Find the group in which none of the buttons are square.EQUAL PAGE 50SCRIPT 1Two of the bracelets had an equal number of beads.Find two bracelets with an equal number of beads.SCRIPT 2Mike and Katie found an equal number of seashellson the beach. Find two groups with an equal numberof seashells.UNEQUAL PAGE 51SCRIPT 1The children separated the candy pieces into threegroups, but the number of candy pieces in one groupwas unequal to the number of candy pieces in the othergroups. Find the group of candy pieces that is unequalin number to those in the other two groups.SCRIPT 2The number of bubble gum pieces was unequal tothe number of lollipops. Find the group in whichthere is an unequal number of bubble gum piecescompared to the number of lollipops.36

ALMOST PAGE 52SCRIPT 1Lucy found an old comb in the bathroom drawer thatwas missing almost all of its teeth. Find the comb thatis missing almost all of its teeth.SCRIPT 2It was taking Chad a long time to eat his candy cane,but it was almost gone. Find the candy cane that isalmost gone.HALF PAGE 53SCRIPT 1Peter broke his oatmeal cookie in half and shared itwith his best friend. Find half of a cookie.SCRIPT 2Shannon zipped her jacket half way up on the breezyday. Find the zipper that is zipped half way up.WHOLE PAGE 54SCRIPT 1To Melissa’s delight, the whole doughnut wascovered with chocolate sprinkles. Find the wholedoughnut covered with chocolate sprinkles.Guidebook37

SCRIPT 2Max wanted to eat a whole gingerbread man cookie…not just part of one. Find a whole gingerbread mancookie.PAIR PAGE 55SCRIPT 1After searching through the box of old toys, Stacyfinally found a doll with a pair of legs. Most of the olddolls were missing a leg and sometimes an arm or two.Find the doll with a pair of legs.SCRIPT 2Neil carved a pair of triangles in the pumpkin to makethe jack-o’-lantern’s eyes. Find a pair of triangles.38

PositionInsideOutsideAroundOverAboveUnderBelowBetweenThroughAway FromNext ToBesideNearestFarthestSeparatedTopBottomUpside DownRightLeftCenterMiddleRowLineFirstSecondThirdLastBeginningEndBINDER 3

INSIDE PAGE 56SCRIPT 1The ball bounced a few times and landed inside thebox. Find a ball inside the box.SCRIPT 2There were many circles on the page, but only one hadan X inside of it. Find a circle with an X inside of it.OUTSIDE PAGE 57SCRIPT 1Adam tried many times to roll the marble inside of thecircle on the floor, but it kept landing outside of thecircle. Find a marble that is outside of a circle.SCRIPT 2The children were asked to glue the macaroni inside ofthe triangle for their art project, but some forgot andglued the macaroni outside of the triangle. Find themacaroni that is outside of a triangle.AROUND PAGE 58SCRIPT 1Nina made the door of her gingerbread house witha rectangle-shaped cookie. She put candy piecesaround the cookie. Find candy pieces around therectangle-shaped cookie.41

SCRIPT 2The jeweler carefully placed the bracelet around thering in the gift box before wrapping it. Find a braceletthat is around a ring.OVER/ABOVE PAGE 59SCRIPT 1C.J. held a sugar cube over/above the hot coffee cupand counted to three before he let it drop into the cup.Find a sugar cube that is over/above a cup.SCRIPT 2Sheila made a house with her cardboard shapes. Sheplaced a triangle over/above a square to make the roof.Find a triangle that is over/above a square.UNDER/BELOW PAGE 60SCRIPT 1Lucia thought the triangle under/below the circle lookedlike an ice cream cone with one scoop of ice cream.Find a triangle that is under/below a circle.SCRIPT 2Ben hung the heart-shaped picture frame under/below the square picture frame. Find a heartshapedpicture frame that is under/below a squarepicture frame.42

BETWEEN PAGE 61SCRIPT 1Rusty made a make-believe town with his blocks andtoy train track. He put the train track between hisblocks. Find a train track that is between blocks.SCRIPT 2Fran’s necklace had a large bead between two smallbeads. Find a large bead that is between small beads.THROUGH PAGE 62SCRIPT 1Keisha made her own necklace by putting a stringthrough some beads. Find a string going throughsome beads.SCRIPT 2Henry was acting silly at the breakfast table and puthis juice straw through his Cheerios. Find a straw goingthrough some Cheerios.AWAY FROM PAGE 63SCRIPT 1Vincent placed the seashell that he wanted to keepaway from the other seashells. Find the seashellthat is away from the other seashells.Guidebook43

AWAY FROM PAGE 64SCRIPT 2Dana shook all of the coins out of her piggy bank ontothe floor to count them, but one of the coins rolledaway from the others. Find a coin that is away from theother coins.NEXT TO/BESIDE PAGE 65SCRIPT 1Phillip had only a coin and a key in his shirt pocket. Hepulled the coin and key out of his pocket and placedthem next to/beside each other on the counter. Find acoin that is next to/beside a key.SCRIPT 2Kaitlyn placed the jigsaw puzzle pieces next to/besideeach other to find out if they fit together. Find thejigsaw puzzle pieces next to/beside each other.NEAREST/FARTHEST PAGE 66SCRIPT 1When Monica’s jewelry box fell on the floor, someof her rings fell out. Find the ring that is nearest tothe box. Find the ring that is farthest from the box.44

NEAREST/FARTHEST PAGE 67SCRIPT 2The winner of the game tossed the coin nearest to thestring. Find the coin that is nearest to the string. Findthe coin that is farthest from the string.SEPARATED PAGE 68SCRIPT 1The square is separated from the circle by a dottedline. Find a square that is separated from a circle by adotted line.SCRIPT 2A dotted line separated one group of circles fromanother group of circles. Find the groups of circlesseparated by a dotted line.TOP PAGE 69SCRIPT 1Jamaal tried to balance the marble on top of theblock. Find a marble on top of a block.SCRIPT 2Francine signed her name on the top line. Find thetop line.Guidebook45

BOTTOM PAGE 70SCRIPT 1Min was worried that the bottom of the cup mightscratch the table top. Find the bottom of the cup.SCRIPT 2Louisa pushed the bottom of the candle into thebirthday cake. Find the bottom of the candle.UPSIDE DOWN PAGE 71SCRIPT 1Bryan placed the clean teacups upside down on theshelf. Find the cup that is upside down.SCRIPT 2Chloe giggled when her baby brother tried to hang anupside-down candy cane on the tree branch. Find anupside-down candy cane.RIGHT PAGE 72SCRIPT 1Trina always turns her teacup so that the handle ison the right before she picks it up. Find the teacupwith the handle on the right.46

SCRIPT 2A doughnut, pretzel, and a gingerbread man cookie areon the snack counter. Hannah wanted the snack to theright of the pretzel. Find the snack that is to the right ofthe pretzel.LEFT PAGE 73SCRIPT 1Yvonne laid the triangle to the left of the circle. Find atriangle that is to the left of a circle.SCRIPT 2A screw, a coin, and a key were placed on the table.Was the screw or key placed to the left of the coin?MIDDLE/CENTER PAGE 74SCRIPT 1The middle/center button on Bradley’s sweater wasloose. Find the middle/center button.SCRIPT 2There is a knot in the middle/center of the rope.Find the rope with a knot in the middle/center.Guidebook47

ROW/LINE PAGE 75SCRIPT 1As Abby counted the gumdrops, she placed them in arow/line. Find a row/line of gumdrops.SCRIPT 2The seamstress sewed a row/line of tiny satin buttonsdown the back of the wedding dress. Find a row/lineof buttons.FIRST/SECOND/THIRD/LAST PAGE 76SCRIPT 1Luke laid some seashells in a row on his beach towel.Find the first seashell in the row. Find the secondseashell in the row. Find the last seashell in the row.Find the third seashell in the row.SCRIPT 2From left to right, Kristi put four cookie cutters on thecounter in the order she wanted to use them. Findthe first cookie cutter that Kristi wanted to use.Find the last cookie cutter that Kristi wanted touse. Find the third cookie cutter that Kristi wantedto use. Find the second cookie cutter that Kristiwanted to use.48

BEGINNING/END PAGE 77SCRIPT 1Dean placed his cardboard shapes in a row. Find theshape at the beginning of the row. Find the shape atthe end of the row.SCRIPT 2Dominique was thrilled that there was a row of starshapedstickers next to her name on the classroomchart. Find the star at the beginning of the row. Findthe star at the end of the row.Guidebook49

Pre-readingTopBottomSideLeftRightCenterMiddleCornerFrontBackBINDER 3

TOP/BOTTOM/LEFT/RIGHT/MIDDLE/CENTER/CORNER/SIDE PAGE 78SCRIPT 1In art class, Bridget made a collage of some of herfavorite foods. She glued a Cheerio in each corner.Find a Cheerio in each corner of the collage. Along thetop and bottom of the collage, she glued M&Ms. Findthe M&Ms along the top of the collage. Find the M&Msalong the bottom of the collage. Along the right andleft sides, she glued macaroni. Find the macaroni alongthe left side of the collage. Find the macaroni alongthe right side of the collage. She glued a pretzel in thecenter/middle of the collage. Find the pretzel in thecenter/middle of the collage.53

TOP/BOTTOM/LEFT/RIGHT/MIDDLE/CENTER/CORNER/SIDE PAGE 79SCRIPT 2Jeremy designed his own gift wrapping paper bydecorating it with different shapes. He put a circle ineach corner of the paper. Find a circle in each cornerof the paper. He then added some triangles along thetop and bottom of the page. Find the triangles alongthe bottom of the page. Find the triangles along the topof the page. Next he decorated the right and left sidesof the paper with squares. Find the squares along theleft side of the paper. Find the squares along the rightside of the paper. He finished by putting a diamond inthe middle/center of the paper. Find the diamond in themiddle/center of the paper.FRONT/BACK PAGEs 78–79Using either of the “Pre-Reading” tactile pages,introduce or review the concepts of front and backof a page. Have the child notice that the front of thepage is the bumpier side with the raised pictures.Then have the child notice that the back of thepage has indented shapes.54

Student’s Name:Date:TACTILE TREASURESCHECKLIST OF CONCEPTSUse the following rating scale to indicate the student’s currentknowledge of each concept:1 = Beginning knowledge of concept2 = Developing knowledge of concept3 = Mastery of conceptBinder#Page#Concept 1 2 3 CommentsSHAPE1 1 Circle1 1 Circle1 2 Square1 2 SquareGuidebook55

Shape continued1 3 Triangle1 3 Triangle1 4 Rectangle1 4 Rectangle1 5 Oval1 5 Oval1 6 Star1 6 Star1 7 Heart1 7 Heart1 8 Diamond1 8 Diamond1 9 Straight1 9 Straight56

Shape continued1 10 Curved1 10 Curved1 11 Underlined1 11 Underlined1 12 X (shape)1 12 X (shape)1 13 Smaller1 13 Smaller1 14 Smallest1 14 Smallest1 15 Larger/Bigger1 15 Larger/Bigger1 16 Largest/BiggestSIZEGuidebook57

Size continued1 16 Largest/Biggest1 17 Medium-Sized1 17 Medium-Sized1 18 Longer1 18 Longer1 19 Longest1 20 Longest1 21 Shorter1 21 Shorter1 22 Shortest1 22 Shortest1 23 Taller1 23 Taller1 24 Tallest58

Size continued1 24 Tallest1 25 Thinner1 25 Thinner1 26 Thinnest1 26 Thinnest1 27 Wider1 27 Wider1 28 Widest1 28 Widest1 29 Fatter1 29 Fatter1 30 Fattest1 30 FattestGuidebook59

2 31 Same2 31 Same2 32 Different2 32 Different2 33 Alike2 33 Alike2 34 Match2 34 Match2 35 With2 35 With2 36 Without2 36 Without2 37 Other2 37 OtherCOMPARISON60

AMOUNT2 38 Many2 38 Many2 39 Most2 39 Most2 40 Least/Fewest2 40 Least/Fewest2 41 More2 41 More2 42 Less/Fewer2 42 Less/Fewer2 43 Some, Not Many2 43 Some, Not Many2 44 As Many2 44 As ManyGuidebook61

Amount continued2 45 Several2 45 Several2 46 Few2 46 Few2 47 Every2 47 Every2 48 All2 48 All2 49 None2 49 None2 50 Equal2 50 Equal2 51 Unequal2 51 Unequal62

Amount continued2 52 Almost2 52 Almost2 53 Half2 53 Half2 54 Whole2 54 Whole2 55 Pair2 55 Pair3 56 Inside3 56 Inside3 57 Outside3 57 Outside3 58 AroundPOSITIONGuidebook63

Position continued3 58 Around3 59 Over/Above3 59 Over/Above3 60 Under/Below3 60 Under/Below3 61 Between3 61 Between3 62 Through3 62 Through3 63 Away From3 64 Away From3 65 Next to/Beside3 65 Next to/Beside3 66 Nearest/Farthest64

Position continued3 67 Nearest/Farthest3 68 Separated3 68 Separated3 69 Top3 69 Top3 70 Bottom3 70 Bottom3 71 Upside Down3 71 Upside Down3 72 Right3 72 Right3 73 Left3 73 Left3 74 Middle/CenterGuidebook65

Position continued3 74 Middle/Center3 75 Row/Line3 75 Row/Line3 76 1st/2nd/3rd/Last3 76 1st/2nd/3rd/Last3 77 Beginning/End3 77 Beginning/EndPRE-READING3 78Variety of PositionalConcepts(top/bottom/left/right/middle/center/corner/side/front/back)66

Pre-reading continued3 79Variety of PositionalConcepts (top/bottom/left/right/middle/center/corner/side/front/back)Guidebook67