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Nature Board

This tactile Nature Board can be used to motivate and support students in braille and math activities.

My soon-to-be 1st grade student LOVES bugs and the grass texture is his favorite. And what I mean by “favorite” is he will focus solely on the texture and nothing else. The goal is to use this texture as a means to lure him in to the activities we need him to work on, as well as the related activities below.

This board has numerous uses:

  1. Counting to 10/subtracting from 10
  2. One-to-one correspondence
  3. Braille symbol review
  4. Science – bug study
  5. Learning to read a tactile graphic/creating a graphic

I know this is just the beginning of what we will be using this for.

While this was originally designed to be a concept card to teach him about bugs, after conversing with his educational team for the fall, I decided to turn it into a multiple use board taking advantage of his interests.

Materials

  • foam board cut to 11in x 14in
  • grass outdoor carpet
  • Elmer’s glue
  • butterflies
  • 2-inch assorted plastic bugs
Data sheet for Adding to 10 and Subtracting from 10
Click above to download data sheet for Adding to 10 and Subtracting from 10.
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