Tactile Skills Matrix: Texture Discrimination
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The following APH products support Texture Discrimination by encouraging students to compare and identify different types of textures (e.g., rough, smooth, bumpy, etc.) within tactile worksheets, board games, activities, storybooks, and more. 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.
- A Tail for Baby Lizard
- Color-By-Texture Marking Mats
- EZeeCOUNT Abacus features beads with two textures
- Feel ‘n Peel Sheets: Carousel of Textures
- Feel ‘n Peel Sheets: Carousel of Textures II
- Flip-Over Concept Books: TEXTURES
- Giant Textured Beads
- Giant Textured Beads with Pattern Matching Cards
- Holy Moly
- How to Recognize a Monster
- IntelliTactiles Pre-Braille Concepts, Classroom Suite Edition
- MathBuilders, Unit 1: Manipulatives Set
- On the Way to Literacy Storybooks:
- Picture Maker: Geometric Textured Shapes
- Picture Maker: Textured Strips
- Picture Maker: Wheatley Tactile Diagramming Kit
- Puzzle Form Board
- Reach & Match® Learning Kit
- Sensory Cylinder Set
- Scattered Crowns: Tactile Attribute Game
- Six Little Dots
- Spangle Tangle: Play and Explore Kit
- SQUID Tactile Activities Magazine with these activities:
- “Pog Pond” (included in Issue 1)
- “Not Just Any Treat” (included in Issue 2)
- “Beat You by a Hare” (included in Issue 3)
- “Out of Sync” (included in Issue 4)
- “Piece It Back Together” (included in Issue 5)
- “Snow Buddies” (included in Issue 6)
- “Mittens for Kittens” (included in Issue 7)
- Tangle Toy® and Tangle Book Kit
- Textured Matching Blocks
- Textured Paper Collection
- Textured Sorting Circles and Shapes
- Web Chase
- Web Chase: Textured Prey Pieces
Do you have other recommendations for products that support the development of TEXTURE DISCRIMINATION skills? Share your ideas with Karen J. Poppe, Tactile Literacy Project Leader, at kpoppe@aph.org as she continues to update this Tactile Skills Matrix.
