Tactile Treasures Guidebook, Print - American Printing House for the ...

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