Touch Boards (presentation two)
How to do the second presentation using the Touch Boards?
The third Touch Board is used in this presentation. This activity allows the child to feel the increasing degrees of roughness and coarseness.
The least rough strip must be on the left-hand side. The directress first sensitizes the child’s fingers, she then introduces the third Touch Board. She begins by feeling the first strip of sandpaper which should be the least rough strip, she feels it and says ‘rough’, she moves onto the second strip and says ‘rougher’, and eventually feels the last strip and says ‘roughest’. The directress invites the child to have a turn and do a simple three-period lesson as well.
Touch Boards
What does the child learn by doing the second presentation with the Touch Boards?
This activity is indirect preparation for the Sandpaper Numbers, Sandpaper Letters, and the Sandpaper Globe. The child’s awareness of feeling different surfaces is heightened by doing the second presentation of the Touch Boards.
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