Tactile cards. Box with tactile lids: options for more than just tactile games. From three years old

12.03.2024 -

Sensory (or tactile) cards can be used in games and activities with children of all ages - starting from about 8 months, when they are already confidently sitting on their own, and up to 7-8 years.

Tactile cards are not just an interesting game; They develop motor skills, visual perception, attention, memory, perseverance, intuition, and help the baby become familiar with the properties of different objects and surfaces.

For the youngest children, sensory cards are an excellent educational tool. The effect of various textures on the baby’s fingers in itself is useful for his sensory, and in addition, thanks to the mother’s explanations, the baby learns that this smooth surface is silk, soft and fluffy is cotton wool, and the rough one is called sandpaper. Small cards are convenient for little hands to hold, and all kids, without exception, like to take out, lay out and sort through these “manuals.”

Thanks to tactile cards, older children replenish their active vocabulary with many new adjectives: soft, hard, smooth, silky, convex, rough. For players 4-7 years old, with cards you can come up with many interesting games that develop memory and attention.

From 8 months

The main goal of games with tactile cards for little ones is to create different sensory sensations, and not only for the baby's hands. Neuropsychologists also advise applying tactile cards to the cervical and lumbar region, to the cheeks, feet and heels of the baby.

From one and a half years

Starting from one and a half years old, you can try to play the game “Third Wheel” with your baby. Place three cards in front of him, two of which will be the same, and one will be different in color or feel. Everything is clear with the background color, but examples of different textures can be velvet or glossy paper, fabric and beads of the same color. As the child grows up, the number of cards used in the game and their characteristics increases.

From two to two and a half years

With a 2-year-old, you can group sensory cards by color or other feature. If the child already speaks well, invite him to guess the material when he feels the offered card under the blanket.

Children over 2-2.5 years old are already conscious enough to play “Memory” with them. Tactile cards make this simple but beloved game even more interesting. Its rules are simple. Players take turns opening a pair of cards. If the same ones are found, they are removed, and the player has the right to one more move. If the cards are different, they are turned face down again, and the next player gets the right to move.

From three years old

1) With children 3 years old and older, you can arrange the cards from softest to hardest, from smoothest to roughest in feel.

2) You can also play a connecting game with your baby using tactile cards. Lay them out in two columns (start with 3 cards in each) and ask them to find pairs by color or material.

3) By making special tactile cards with two fields, you will add a great domino to your home board games. Surely the children will really like it. And everyone knows the rules of this game.

4) Invite your child to lay out the same row as you did. Thanks to such games, the baby learns to act according to the model and develops attention. You can complicate the task: let the cards in the rows match only one attribute - color or texture. If he has selected suitable cards with the same materials, but different colors, ask him to close his eyes and make sure that the cards in the rows are identical by touch.

5) The next game is suitable for those children who are already comfortable with blindfolding. Lay out a row of cards, ask them to touch and remember them. Then blindfold your child, replace one of the cards and ask him to guess what has changed.

6) If you have made a set of cards with letters or numbers, to teach your child, you can ask him to guess the letter or number he felt with his eyes closed or under a blanket.

7) With children who are already good at expressing their thoughts through words, you can use sensory cards while listening to music. Ask your child to use a card to describe how the melody felt to him. Such tasks will develop his imagination and associative thinking.

8) Several people can take part in the next game. Choose one starting card, and divide the rest equally between the players. Now they have to compete - to lay out the longest path possible, with the condition that all adjacent cards must be connected to each other, i.e. have the same color or materials.

TOUCH CARDS

Our kids explore the world around them with all their senses, and one of the important areas of child development is familiarity with various tactile sensations. Sensory (or tactile) cards can be used in games and activities with children of all ages - starting from about 8 months, when they are already confidently sitting on their own, and up to 7-8 years.

What are touch cards used for?

DIY tactile cards

The basis for tactile cards is usually cardboard. You can use old, unwanted cardboard boxes or buy cardboard specifically from an office supply store. In addition, felt can also serve as the basis for cards. The size of the cards is approximately 5x8 or 5x9 cm. Usually two identical sets are made for different games, for example, searching for cards with the same feel.
Tactile cards

What to stick on cardboard? The materials for creating your “author’s” tactile cards can be very diverse:

Any fabrics (silk, linen, velvet, raincoat fabric, fleece, knitwear, wool, batting, fabric with sequins, burlap and others);
leather, natural and artificial fur;
felt (you can stick it on cardboard or even use it as a base for sensory cards. In this case, make two sets of felt in different colors);
yarn, satin ribbon, braid;
cotton wool, synthetic winterizer;
velvet paper;
sandpaper;
corrugated cardboard;
Velcro or Velcro tape;
regular and thermal insulation foil;
scraps from rubber and household gloves;
feathers;
quartz sand (aquarium sand or colored sand from the “Fresco” kits for children’s creativity), shells, pebbles;
paraffin (you just need to carefully drip it from a burning candle);
matches, toothpicks;
wire, wires;
paper clips;
buttons (sewn to the card);
pasta, peas, beans, rice, pearl barley, buckwheat, semolina, millet;
sponges for washing dishes (divide the sponge into a hard and soft part and stick each on a separate card);
beads, beads, rhinestones;
walnut shells;
lids from baby food jars, pieces of bottle cap, can openers.

To keep the parts firmly in place, use superglue (for example, SuperMoment). Reliable adhesion of materials to cardboard is a prerequisite for the production of tactile cards. This is especially important for kids who love to try everything by tooth. Getting small things like pasta or beads into your mouth is a real danger if they are not glued firmly enough. Sand can be poured on top of regular PVA glue, fabric and fur can be secured with a stapler.

To make the cards look more fun, you can make them multi-colored. This will come in handy, for example, when spending “color weeks” with your child.
It is better to cover the edges of tactile cards with tape or masking tape so that they wear out less over time.
The form of application of the tactile elements of the card can be any to your taste. You can stick them in the form of letters and numbers. If desired, you can even make a whole alphabet or a complete set of numbers from 0 to 9.

Games with tactile cards

From 8 months

From one and a half years

1.5-2 years is the age of avalanche-like growth of active vocabulary. With the help of tactile cards, you can learn with your child the names of colors, pasted materials, the names of the characteristics of surfaces and the sensations of touching them. You can teach the names of colors and textures, for example, by asking your child to find a pair for a card based on color.
Starting from the age of one and a half years, you can try playing the game “Third Wheel” with your baby. Place three cards in front of him, two of which will be the same, and one will be different in color or feel. Everything is clear with the background color, but examples of different textures can be velvet or glossy paper, fabric and beads of the same color. As the child grows up, the number of cards used in the game and their characteristics increases.

From two to two and a half years

With a 2-year-old, you can group sensory cards by color or other feature. If the child already speaks well, invite him to guess the material when he feels the offered card under the blanket.
Children over 2-2.5 years old are already conscious enough to play Memory with them. Tactile cards make this simple but beloved game even more interesting. Its rules are simple. Players take turns opening a pair of cards. If the same ones are found, they are removed, and the player has the right to one more move. If the cards are different, they are turned face down again, and the next player gets the right to move.

From three years old

1) With children 3 years old and older, you can arrange the cards from softest to hardest, from smoothest to roughest in feel.
2) You can also play a connecting game with your baby using tactile cards. Lay them out in two columns (start with 3 cards in each) and ask them to find pairs by color or material.
3) By making special tactile cards with two fields, you will add a great domino to your home board games. Surely the children will really like it. And everyone knows the rules of this game.
4) Invite your child to lay out the same row as you did. Thanks to such games, the baby learns to act according to the model and develops attention. You can complicate the task: let the cards in the rows match only one attribute - color or texture. If he has selected suitable cards with the same materials, but different colors, ask him to close his eyes and make sure that the cards in the rows are identical by touch.
5) The next game is suitable for those children who are already comfortable with blindfolding. Lay out a row of cards, ask them to touch and remember them. Then blindfold your child, replace one of the cards and ask him to guess what has changed.
6) If you have made a set of cards with letters or numbers, to teach your child, you can ask him to guess the letter or number he felt with his eyes closed or under a blanket.
7) With children who are already good at expressing their thoughts through words, you can use sensory cards while listening to music. Ask your child to use a card to describe how the melody felt to him. Such tasks will develop his imagination and associative thinking.+

8) Several people can take part in the next game. Choose one starting card, and divide the rest equally between the players. Now they have to compete - to lay out the longest track possible, with the condition that all adjacent cards must be connected to each other, i.e. have the same color or materials.

We hope that the proposed ideas for making and playing with tactile cards will help you make your child’s leisure time more colorful. We wish you an interesting and enjoyable time spent with your kids!

Elena Kebikova

Our kids learn about the world around them with all their senses, and one of the most important areas of child development is getting to know different tactile sensations develop the child's sensory perception, tactile memory, fine motor skills of the fingers, and as a result have a beneficial effect on the baby’s mental potential. By playing with them, the baby gets acquainted with the features of the world around him, his ideas about the properties of various objects expand, and his vocabulary increases.

For the youngest children tactile cards are an excellent educational tool. The effect of various textures on the baby’s fingers is in itself beneficial for his sensory, and in addition, thanks to the explanations of adults, the baby learns that this soft and fluffy surface is cotton wool, and the rough one is called sandpaper.

Thanks to such cards older children develop tactile sensations and study the properties of objects, attention and memory, imaginative thinking and motor skills, replenish their active vocabulary with the help of a variety of adjectives: soft, hard, smooth, prickly, convex, rough, magnetic. Playing with such sensory cards Children can receive sensations not only through their fingers; they apply them with great interest to their cheeks, neck and other parts of the body.

Basis for cards are usually cardboard. Materials for creating your own "author's" cards can be very diverse. So that the parts have a strong adhesion to cardboard-- use super strong glue (I used a glue gun). Application form tactile elements of the card can be any. You can stick them in the form of letters and numbers, geometric shapes, etc.

Here's what I got the cards.

Brief description on the back cards.

Nursery group.

Middle group.

Preparatory group.

Some cards can be used for drawing.

For storage cards You can use a shoe box.

Thank you for your attention!

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What are touch cards used for?

What to stick on cardboard? The materials for creating your “author’s” tactile cards can be very diverse:

any fabrics (silk, linen, velvet, raincoat fabric, fleece, knitwear, wool, batting, fabric with sequins, burlap and others);
leather, natural and artificial fur;
felt (you can stick it on cardboard or even use it as a base for sensory cards. In this case, make two sets of felt in different colors);
yarn, satin ribbon, braid;
cotton wool, synthetic winterizer;
velvet paper;
sandpaper;
corrugated cardboard;
Velcro or Velcro tape;
regular and thermal insulation foil;
scraps from rubber and household gloves;
feathers;
quartz sand (aquarium sand or colored sand from the “Fresco” kits for children’s creativity), shells, pebbles;
paraffin (you just need to carefully drip it from a burning candle);
matches, toothpicks;
wire, wires;
paper clips;
buttons (sewn to the card);
pasta, peas, beans, rice, pearl barley, buckwheat, semolina, millet;
sponges for washing dishes (divide the sponge into a hard and soft part and stick each on a separate card);
beads, beads, rhinestones;
walnut shells;
lids from baby food jars, pieces of bottle cap, can openers.

To make the cards look more fun, you can make them multi-colored. This will come in handy, for example, when spending “color weeks” with your child.

It is better to cover the edges of tactile cards with tape or masking tape so that they wear out less over time.

The form of application of the tactile elements of the card can be any to your taste. You can stick them in the form of letters and numbers. If desired, you can even make a whole alphabet or a complete set of numbers from 0 to 9.

Games with tactile cards

From 8 months

From one and a half years

Starting from the age of one and a half years, you can try playing the game “Third Wheel” with your baby. Place three cards in front of him, two of which will be the same, and one will be different in color or feel. Everything is clear with the background color, but examples of different textures can be velvet or glossy paper, fabric and beads of the same color. As the child grows up, the number of cards used in the game and their characteristics increases.

From two to two and a half years

With a 2-year-old, you can group sensory cards by color or other feature. If the child already speaks well, invite him to guess the material when he feels the offered card under the blanket.

Children over 2-2.5 years old are already conscious enough to play Memory with them. Tactile cards make this simple but beloved game even more interesting. Its rules are simple. Players take turns opening a pair of cards. If the same ones are found, they are removed, and the player has the right to one more move. If the cards are different, they are turned face down again, and the next player gets the right to move.

From three years old

1) With children 3 years old and older, you can arrange the cards from softest to hardest, from smoothest to roughest in feel.

2) You can also play a connecting game with your baby using tactile cards. Lay them out in two columns (start with 3 cards in each) and ask them to find pairs by color or material.

3) By making special tactile cards with two fields, you will add a great domino to your home board games. Surely the children will really like it. And everyone knows the rules of this game.

6) If you have made a set of cards with letters or numbers, to teach your child, you can ask him to guess the letter or number he felt with his eyes closed or under a blanket.

Tactile cards. Box with tactile lids: options for more than just tactile games. From three years old

What are touch cards used for?

Games with tactile cards

From 8 months

From one and a half years

From two to two and a half years

From three years old

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