Tactile Skills Matrix: Spatial Understanding
Featured Product
The following APH products support the development of Spatial Understanding by introducing and reviewing basic concepts (above, next to, between, center, across from, beside, etc.) and concepts related to directionality and orientation and mobility (compass directions, types of intersections, etc.). Note: Products without a hyperlink to APH’s shopping site have been obsoleted, but original copies might still be available to some teachers for continued use with their students.
- Accessible Code and Go Mouse
- Boehm-3 Preschool Tactile Edition Kit
- Games of Squares Games recommended for spatial skills: “Corner Chase,” “Trading Places,” and “Zigzag”
- How to Recognize a Monster
- IntelliTactilesTM: Pre-Braille Concepts, Classroom Suite Edition
- Moving Ahead Series:
- On the Way to Literacy Storybooks:
- Picture Maker: Wheatley Tactile Diagramming Kit
- Reach & Match® Learning Kit
- Rolling Into Place
- Setting the Stage for Tactile Understanding The “Intermission” chapter focuses on spatial understanding.
- Six Little Dots
- SQUID Tactile Activities Magazine with these activities:
- “Here, Kitty!” (included in Issue 1)
- “Different is Best” (included in Issue 2)
- “Diamonds, Hearts, and Clovers, Oh My (included in Issue 3)
- “Paige Turner’s Bookshelf” (included in Issue 4)
- “Across the Pond” (included in Issue 7)
- StackUps: Spatial Reasoning Using Cubes and Isometric Drawings
- Tactile Algebra Tiles
- Tactile Town: 3-D O&M Kit
- Tactile Treasures (Tactile/Color Edition)
- TREKS: The Game of Compass Directions
- Web Chase
Do you have other recommendations for products that encourage the development of SPATIAL UNDERSTANDING? Share your ideas with Karen J. Poppe, Tactile Literacy Project Leader, at kpoppe@aph.org as she continues to update this Tactile Skills Matrix.
