SQUID Tactile
Activities Magazine
SQUID: Tactile Activities
Magazine
Purpose: SQUID: Tactile Activities Magazine is intended to be
deceptively fun—that is, while your child or student enjoys
solving a variety of activities in each SQUID issue, he will
actually (secretively—Shhh!) build and acquire skills that will
enable him to become a more proficient tactile reader.
Intended for children ages 5 and older, these puzzles, games,
and brainteasers will foster the following:
SQUID: Tactile Activities
Magazine
• texture discrimination
• systematic searching skills
• shape identification
• tracking various line paths
• pattern building and recognition
• spatial concepts
• and an understanding of symbols
SQUID: Tactile Activities
Magazine
Another important goal of SQUID is to familiarize young tactile
readers with a variety of tactile modes including:
• thermoformed graphics
• embossed paper
• thermography
SQUID: Tactile Activities
Magazine
Each issue of SQUID will provide 25 activities such as:
-- tactile mazes
-- pattern-completing puzzles
-- counting/math tasks
-- coloring pages
-- connect-the-dots
-- word searches
-- word play
-- brainteasers,
-- break the code
-- interactive games
Which arm of the octopus
has the most suckers?
Find the differences between Crown A and
Crown B.
How many six-legged critters are there?
How many triangles can you find in the
stained-glass window?
Without flipping or rotating the shapes, which two
shapes, when put together, make the first shape in
each row?
Use the alphabet key to break the code for
“Breakfast Foods”
SQUID: Tactile Activities Magazine
Most of the tactile puzzles, games, and activities
included with each SQUID issue are reusable and are
intended to grow with the child as she acquires new
skills and tactile understanding. Activities that are
fun today from a 5-year-old’s viewpoint, may be
appreciated and enjoyed differently by the same child
years later.
SQUID: Tactile Activities Magazine
This Premier Issue of SQUID Tactile Activities Magazine (as well as each future
issue) includes the following items:
1. Large Print/Braille Activity Booklet with
-- a Parent Letter (overview of magazine’s purpose)
-- SQUID Tips (extended uses for the activities)
-- Tackle Box (suggested tools and materials)
-- full-color print counterpart for each tactile activity
-- Solutions
2. Packet of 25 3-hole punched tactile activities
Price: $45.00 per issue
SQUID: Tactile Activities Magazine
SQUID issues will be published biannually—a Summer and a Winter issue
Each issue will receive an APH catalog number so that all published issues will
be available for purchase for future generations or for multiple order
purposes.
SQUID Premier Issue [Issue 1]:
Catalog # 1-08862-01
SQUID Tactile Activities Magazine, Issue II: Catalog # 1-08862-02