Tactile astronomy materials

I am pleased to announce that we now also create tactile astronomy materials for use with students who are blind, visually impaired or have spatial learning disabilities. What is a tactile? A tactile is a touchable picture that can help a student who cannot see to know what an object looks like. What makes these tactiles special? These tactiles are not designed by a computer program. The masters are hand crafted with the needs of people who are visually impaired in mind. Handcrafting allows a richer tactile experience that really gets to the heart of the information being presented.

Tactile products available
	Tactile Moon $3 each

New! Tactile Guide to the Solar System. This tactile with digital talking text on CD shows the scale of objects in our solar system. Produced in cooperation with NASA. Authors: Dr. Cassandra Runyon and Dr. David Hurd See "Internet links" to download the supporting digital text in PDF to print. Please contact me for more information on how to get this product.

Our Place in Space. Tactile book of the planets—includes a tactile and a brief description of each planet $ 40.

Tactile planisphere—turn the wheel and feel which constellations are in the night sky on any night of the year. Useful for students in upper grades who are learning astronomy. $60

Tactile version of "I Can See the Moon"---Easy reading text in Braille with pictures you can feel. $12 for the book alone, $20 for the book and activity set.

If you don’t see what you need, please contact me. We may have other items in tactile form that will be just what you are looking for.