Tactile town : 3-D and O & M graphics kit
https://library.prcvi.org/link/catalog25879
2010.
- Material Type
- Kit
- Corporate Author
- American Printing House for the Blind
- Publisher
- American Printing House for the Blind
- Date Published
- 2010
- Curriculum Area
- Life Skills
- Subjects
- Teaching - Aids and devices
- Orientation and mobility
- Visually impaired - Children - Tactile awareness
- Visually impaired - Children - Tactile stimulation
- Material Type
- Kit
- Collation
- Kit includes: 2 Picture Maker storage panels; 1 tri-fold board; 1 compartment tray insert; 1 red carrying/storage box; various tactile and velcro pieces.
- Abstract
- Tactile Town provides an interactive, three-dimensional model to help teach spatial concepts and environmental layouts. This kit assists in the development of cognitive mapping skills by helping students who are visually impaired and blind perceive and organize their physical environment specific to concepts such as street layouts, intersections, route patterns, city block arrangements, etc. It encourages active participation and interaction with displayed map layouts so that concepts and skills, not conveniently accessed through real-life exploration, can be learned and practiced. Tactile Town is designed to be inviting to both tactile and visual learners, with attractive pieces incorporating contrasting colors, textures, and recognizable features. By providing a wide variety of components that can be easily customized or extended, Tactile Town is an ideal starter kit for instruction and reinforcement of mapping skills and concepts. 20 Buildings (Bag A): 4 large houses (all red, ea. with a different roof type – smooth, bumpy, tin, and shingled); 8 small houses (blue, white, red, and yellow; ea. color has two different roof types – smooth and bumpy); 4 curved-topped buildings (all yellow with two different roof types – smooth and bumpy); 4 flat-topped buildings (all blue with two different roof types – smooth and bumpy). Street scenery pieces (Bag B): 1 pond; 2 railroad tracks; 4 long crosswalks (with vertical lines); 4 long crosswalks (with horizontal lines); 12 short crosswalks (with vertical lines); 12 short crosswalks (with horizontal lines); 8 yellow dividing lines/medians; 10 long sidewalks; 8 short sidewalks; 5 splitter islands; 66 white road dashes; 4 arrows – 2 left, 2 right turns. 3-D components (Bag C): 6 stop signs; 4 yield signs; 2 yellow pedestrians (smooth texture); 2 blue pedestrians (bumpy texture); 4 orange cars (smooth texture); 4 yellow cars (bumpy texture); 4 pedestal traffic lights; 8 flat traffic signals. 41 Sewn Grassy Pieces (Bag D): 1 cul-de-sac; 1 large circle; 1 small circle; 2 long narrow strips; 2 short narrow strips; 4 roundabout corners; 4 wedges (2 pairs of mirrored opposites); 2 triangles; 8 rectangles with rounded corners; 8 rectangles with square corners; 8 squares. Print/Braille Labels (Bag E): 16 location labels; 8 street name labels; 16 direction labels; 13 zoo labels; 8 personal name labels, and approximately 35 white blank labels.