Design for Blind and Visually Impaired Children

Age: 3+

Target group : blind and visually impaired children

A set of 9 geometric solids which are made of different materials, have different surfaces and make different sounds.

The set is placed in a package with spaces fitted for each solid.

There are 9 geometric solids in a set: a sphere, a regular triangular prism, a cone, a regular rectangular prism, a regular tetrahedron, a cube, a cylinder, a regular triangular pyramid, a regular rectangular pyramid.

Using the sense of touch, a child can identify a particular geometric solid, discern different materials (plexiglass, wood, metal) and textures, and fit the solid to the figure in the package. The textures of the solids and the sounds they make are to be associated with the material of which a solid is made.