Tactile Discrimination Ideas

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I am reading an explanation about the movement of a small tactile bag. Montessori calls this event a "mystery bag".

1. Normal thing: 8 to 10 ordinary things: children name objects, then identify them without looking into bags (usually share activities).

2. Same object (5 to 6 matched objects) - All objects are put into the package after the child objects are named. He took out something and looked for a game (I did not see it, I just felt it)

3. Similar things (5-6 sets of similar things: - square / round button, true / rubber cork, glass / plastic bottle, large / small pompon etc). The item is put in a bag; the child must withdraw one and then "find" similar things

4. Associated objects (5-6 related objects - small shoes / socks, pencil / eraser, keys / keys etc.) The kids pair up and name the objects outside the bag; items are placed in the bag A child must pull out one and then "find" the related object

If you change the object throughout the grade - or if you start with a few sets, add new objects so that the children will be surprised.

Our other activities are "stereo screening". This can be done with a lot of things, including nuts, seeds, and even natural products such as cereals (the hardest ones).

Children can classify two types of objects, up to 4, and even 5 types. First of all, this is done while watching, and please use your hand for eye mask. In my classes, now I have a wooden cube and a wooden right angle prism basket. There are two balls - a child sees first; then close his eyes or use a blindfold to separate the wooden thing into two balls

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Based only on tactile sensations, young monkeys are taught to distinguish between differently shaped objects (balls, cubes, cones, cylinders, each related to the size of the match box). In one experiment, two animals were given to each animal at a time, and they could touch them without seeing them. The selection of animals of a particular shape (eg cubes) and rejection of another form (eg conical) are rewarded with some food. Once this selective haptic reaction is learned, animals are given the same selection task visually (by looking at the same object picture). Under these conditions animals can usually correctly distinguish visually presented numbers. This phenomenon (called crossmodal learning) can be interpreted as a shift effect based on early visual tactile learning.

Evaluate whether the tactile sensory function can have a sense of three dimensions, extinction, almost discrimination, and two discrimination. Discrimination between one point and two points involves the customer being able to feel whether the nurse gently applied one or two needles. Three-dimensional recognition is the ability of a customer to sense and recognize something familiar when the eyes are closed. For example, a nurse can have a pen, button, or paper clip in the hands of a customer to determine whether the client can identify the object without visual cues. Extinction is the ability of a customer to identify whether a customer is being evaluated by one or two bilateral contacts. For example, if a nurse touches both knees, you can ask the customer to touch it one or two times when you close your eyes.