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ERIC Number: EJ657390
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2003
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ISSN: ISSN-0040-0599
Creating and Using Tactile Experience Books for Young Children with Visual Impairments.
Lewis, Sandra; Tolla, Joan
TEACHING Exceptional Children, v35 n3 p22-28 Jan-Feb 2003
This article explores how tactile experience books can be used to ensure that young children with visual impairments learn to read. It discusses making tactile experience books by collecting artifacts and gluing them to cardboard pages, and the benefits of tactile books. Descriptions of two tactile books are provided. (Contains references.) (CR)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Books, Construction (Process), Design Requirements, Early Childhood Education, Early Intervention, Tactile Adaptation, Tactile Stimuli, Visual Impairments, Young Children
Publication Type: Guides - Non-Classroom; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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