Using Origami to teach students with blindness and low vision basic shapes

[ph...@sonokids.com]

Dear colleagues and friends,

 

I’d like to share an interesting recent article from the wonderful Wonderbaby dot org website, written by Lindy van der Merwe.

It is called ‘Using Origami to Teach Blind and Low-Vision Students Basic Shapes’.

The link to the article can be found here:

https://www.wonderbaby.org/articles/using-origami-to-teach-blind-students-basic-shapes

 

Have you used Origami to teach the concepts of a square, rectangle and triangle?

To support the learning of shapes in a multisensory way, you may also want to add the medium of sound.
The educational app ‘CosmoBally on Sonoplanet’ (by Sonokids) uses Sonification to support the learning of shapes and directional concepts.
More information about Sonification and links to download the free app can be found here: https://www.sonoplanet.com.

 

kind regards,

Phia

 

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Phia Damsma
Creative Director Sonokids Australia - Developers of Accessible Educational Software and Apps https://www.sonokids.org

Fellow of the University of Southern Queensland, Australia