2. Virginia AER Presented by Lucia Hasty, MA Braille Authority of North America Tactile Graphics Committee Chair March 3, 2010

3. Importance How it relates to literacy When to start teaching graphicacy

4. When Introducing TGs … recognize the developmental level of reader verify reader’s grasp of basic concepts assess experience in interpreting symbolic representation

5. EXPERIENCE makes the greatest impact on success of reading a TG

7. As one- to two-year olds begin to navigate the environment (climb, scoot, roll, walk) receptive language begins to build understanding of orientation to self and to environment develops

8. Concepts that accompany up/down beside/next to above/below behind/in front over/under/on top of in/out

9. Two-to three- year olds venture further into the environment, increase interaction with it, and develop constancy in space and spatial memory.

10. New concepts: hidden, has memory that object was there basic cause and effect name of familiar objects same and different

11. Behaviors and Activities enjoys matching activities begins to name things loves to be read to begins to pretend expressive language development enjoys manipulating objects with purpose (pushes block around and pretends it is a boat)

12. Tactual perceptual skills tracking discrimination among similar symbols comparison

13. Awareness of different views of an object aerial (bird's eye) cross section frontal view 3-D view

14. Position in space overlapping crossing intersecting perpendicular parallel perspective and distance imaginary lines used in 3-D drawing

15. A system for scanning the graphic strategy for exploring the graphic systematic searching consistent pattern for exploring reference point to determine progress in exploring verification of details listed in key

16. Lucia Hasty 1/201016 HOW DO THEY DO IT? ?????

17. Lucia Hasty 1/201017 How many fingers? Reading braille text is usually done primarily with one finger of one hand, with the other fingers providing support. Effective graphic reading requires both hands and all fingers. Developing a consistent system of exploring a graphic is essential.

18. Recognizing the graphic's separate components body key and legends labels headings other written information interpretation of areas, lines and point symbols

19. Resources American Printing House for the Blind Tactile Treasures Teaching Touch On the Way to Literacy Series Moving Ahead Series Setting the Stage for Understanding

20. Creative Adaptation for Learning and National Braille Press Let’s Learn Shapes with Shapely CAL Humpty Dumpty and Other Touching Rhymes Book Bag Project Hungry Fingers