- Using Tactile Town from APH, also Treks from APH - Using the room and having different things on each wall they can discover what's on each wall and set their own cardinal directions then drilling them to find a specific wall and checking the landmark for accuracy. -going to grocery store or dollar store using the same concept of setting cardinal directions as they find specific items on different walls or sides of the store Sheena Manuel, MBA, MAT TBS/NOMC, NCUEB Outreach Specialist Louisiana Tech University Professional Development and Research Institute on Blindness 318-257-4554

On May 12, 2016, at 11:12 AM, wrote:

Maurice,

Those are great ideas! Thank you.

Sumara

From: Maurice Peret [mailto:mperet at BISM.org] Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2016 12:07 PM To: Sumara Shakeel; NOMC at lists.nbpcb.org Subject: RE: [Nomc] seeking creative ideas for teaching compass directions to children

Greetings Sumara, I trust that this message finds you well.

I?m not sure how helpful this might or mightn?t be but I?ve sometimes used the concept of a face clock with folks struggling with cardinal directions; north being 12:00, east 3:00, south 6:00, and west 9:00. Trouble is, most people have become more accustomed to digital time devices. An idea that crept into mind, however, is perhaps circling chairs around a circle as for Musical chairs and the object might be to identify the chair at each compass point. You could do the same thing with a cake walk, have tasty treats at North, East, South, and West. Depending upon how challenging you want to get, you could even give bonuses for kids who can identify NE, SE, SW, and NW.

Hope to see you in Orlando.

Maurice From: NOMC [mailto:nomc-bounces at lists.nbpcb.org] On Behalf Of Sumara.Shakeel at dhs.state.nj.us Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2016 11:48 AM To: NOMC at lists.nbpcb.org Subject: [Nomc] seeking creative ideas for teaching compass directions to children

Hello,

We are planning activities for the children?s summer program at our state agency, and I am wondering if anyone has ideas for teaching compass directions to children as part of a map skills activity. They range in age from about six to twelve. I, of course, know how to teach compass directions but am looking for fun and creative ways to present this to children as I have worked primarily with adults.

Sumara Shakeel

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Hello Sumara, One idea I've used to teach cardinal directions is to have kids stand in a square a few feet away from each other. Then have a ball with a bell in it and give them directions (north, east, south, west), and they have to throw the ball to that person in that corner. All four kids have to focus in order to be prepared to catch the ball if it is there corner, so this helps them pay attention the whole time. Then you can give them new positions so they have to re-adjust there thinking. With more advance students you can do norther/east, south/east, etc... Another idea is to have them go on a treasure hunt. Place a prize for them in one spot of the room/yard/court and have them start in a certain corner, then play simon says. For example, Simon says walk three steps North. You do this until they reach the treasure, if they make a mistake on their directions though, they have to start over to get to the treasure. These are just a couple of ideas I've used in the past to help kiddos. Hopefully they help. Thanks, Deja Deja M. Powell, MA, NOMC PhD Student, Capella University http://www.capella.edu Cane Travel Instructor, Utah Division of Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired http://www.usor.utah.gov/division-of-services-for-the-blind-and-visually-imp... Co-Director, Club SILVER (Southern Utah) Cell: 801.891.3430 Work: 801-323-4343 Email: deja.powell at gmail.com Blog: slateandstylish.blogspot.com *"You can never be Overdressed or Overeducated." -Oscar Wilde* On Thu, May 12, 2016 at 12:42 PM, <snm063 at gmail.com> wrote:

- Using Tactile Town from APH, also Treks from APH - Using the room and having different things on each wall they can discover what's on each wall and set their own cardinal directions then drilling them to find a specific wall and checking the landmark for accuracy. -going to grocery store or dollar store using the same concept of setting cardinal directions as they find specific items on different walls or sides of the store

Sheena Manuel, MBA, MAT TBS/NOMC, NCUEB Outreach Specialist Louisiana Tech University Professional Development and Research Institute on Blindness 318-257-4554

On May 12, 2016, at 11:12 AM, < Sumara.Shakeel at dhs.state.nj.us> wrote:

Maurice,

Those are great ideas! Thank you.

Sumara

*From:* Maurice Peret [mailto:mperet at BISM.org <mperet at BISM.org>] *Sent:* Thursday, May 12, 2016 12:07 PM *To:* Sumara Shakeel; NOMC at lists.nbpcb.org *Subject:* RE: [Nomc] seeking creative ideas for teaching compass directions to children

Greetings Sumara, I trust that this message finds you well.

I?m not sure how helpful this might or mightn?t be but I?ve sometimes used the concept of a face clock with folks struggling with cardinal directions; north being 12:00, east 3:00, south 6:00, and west 9:00. Trouble is, most people have become more accustomed to digital time devices. An idea that crept into mind, however, is perhaps circling chairs around a circle as for Musical chairs and the object might be to identify the chair at each compass point. You could do the same thing with a cake walk, have tasty treats at North, East, South, and West. Depending upon how challenging you want to get, you could even give bonuses for kids who can identify NE, SE, SW, and NW.

Hope to see you in Orlando.

*Maurice*

*From:* NOMC [mailto:nomc-bounces at lists.nbpcb.org <nomc-bounces at lists.nbpcb.org>] *On Behalf Of * Sumara.Shakeel at dhs.state.nj.us *Sent:* Thursday, May 12, 2016 11:48 AM *To:* NOMC at lists.nbpcb.org *Subject:* [Nomc] seeking creative ideas for teaching compass directions to children

Hello,

We are planning activities for the children?s summer program at our state agency, and I am wondering if anyone has ideas for teaching compass directions to children as part of a map skills activity. They range in age from about six to twelve. I, of course, know how to teach compass directions but am looking for fun and creative ways to present this to children as I have worked primarily with adults.

Sumara Shakeel

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Sumara, et al, Once all the ideas are collected, this would be a great best practices article. Fredric K. Schroeder, Ph.D. From: NOMC [mailto:nomc-bounces at lists.nbpcb.org] On Behalf Of Sumara.Shakeel at dhs.state.nj.us Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2016 12:13 PM To: mperet at BISM.org; NOMC at lists.nbpcb.org Subject: Re: [Nomc] seeking creative ideas for teaching compass directions to children Maurice, Those are great ideas! Thank you. Sumara From: Maurice Peret [mailto:mperet at BISM.org] Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2016 12:07 PM To: Sumara Shakeel; NOMC at lists.nbpcb.org Subject: RE: [Nomc] seeking creative ideas for teaching compass directions to children Greetings Sumara, I trust that this message finds you well. I?m not sure how helpful this might or mightn?t be but I?ve sometimes used the concept of a face clock with folks struggling with cardinal directions; north being 12:00, east 3:00, south 6:00, and west 9:00. Trouble is, most people have become more accustomed to digital time devices. An idea that crept into mind, however, is perhaps circling chairs around a circle as for Musical chairs and the object might be to identify the chair at each compass point. You could do the same thing with a cake walk, have tasty treats at North, East, South, and West. Depending upon how challenging you want to get, you could even give bonuses for kids who can identify NE, SE, SW, and NW. Hope to see you in Orlando. Maurice From: NOMC [mailto:nomc-bounces at lists.nbpcb.org] On Behalf Of Sumara.Shakeel at dhs.state.nj.us Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2016 11:48 AM To: NOMC at lists.nbpcb.org Subject: [Nomc] seeking creative ideas for teaching compass directions to children Hello, We are planning activities for the children?s summer program at our state agency, and I am wondering if anyone has ideas for teaching compass directions to children as part of a map skills activity. They range in age from about six to twelve. I, of course, know how to teach compass directions but am looking for fun and creative ways to present this to children as I have worked primarily with adults. Sumara Shakeel _____ This E-mail, including any attachments, may be intended solely for the personal and confidential use of the sender and recipient(s) named above. This message may include advisory, consultative and/or deliberative material and, as such, would be privileged and confidential and not a public document. Any Information in this e-mail identifying a client of the Department of Human Services or the Department of Children and Families is confidential. If you have received this e-mail in error, you must not review, transmit, convert to hard copy, copy, use or disseminate this e-mail or any attachments to it and you must delete this message. You are requested to notify the sender by return e-mail. _____ This E-mail, including any attachments, may be intended solely for the personal and confidential use of the sender and recipient(s) named above. This message may include advisory, consultative and/or deliberative material and, as such, would be privileged and confidential and not a public document. Any Information in this e-mail identifying a client of the Department of Human Services or the Department of Children and Families is confidential. If you have received this e-mail in error, you must not review, transmit, convert to hard copy, copy, use or disseminate this e-mail or any attachments to it and you must delete this message. You are requested to notify the sender by return e-mail.

Hello all, I always have students focus on understanding and using cardinal directions, and my kids made tactile maps fairly frequently. Although, making maps was usually something we worked on either if the weather was too bad for outdoor travel or sometimes as a reward. I would have kids make a tactile map of places we visited, such as the school or neighborhood, with wicky sticks, tactile stickers and braille adhesive labels. Having students make a tactile map would also show me where they have gaps in their understanding of the area, such as not understanding that a hallway makes a T or L shaped intersection vs. a plus shaped intersection. I would ask them specific questions using cardinal directions on the map. We also used tactile maps for learning how the address system worked and for other concepts, like street intersections and city blocks. I think it is more useful for the student to make the map and explain it to you rather than you making the map alone to show to the student. If I was making a map to show a student something in particular, I explained each section of the map as I went instead of handing it to them afterward. As for other things to teach cardinal directions, some kids are interested to learn what is around them in any given direction. I remember a student being fascinated with knowing that East is facing Asia and South is to Mexico and things like that. This can also be done with a map of the U.S. or by explaining nearby states. Check to see what types of maps they are using in classes. The sun can be useful as well once kids have a basic idea of cardinal directions. Even just knowing that the sun rises in the East in the morning and sets in the West in the afternoon can be very helpful! One simple game I would play was where we would go outside in an open area in the sun, like a quiet parking lot, with sleep shades on (of course) and spin around, then figure out which direction we were facing by using the sun and other auditory cues. Simple but effective! ? Liz Wisecarver

On May 16, 2016, at 9:27 AM, Sumara.Shakeel at dhs.state.nj.us wrote:

It seems that map skills are often explored very briefly or taught as a filler exercise during a rainy day in conventional teachings (I guess the idea of traveling during a heavy snowfall is preposterous). There is no development of these skills through their incorporation into travel routes, and cardinal directions are left out altogether. An O&M instructor once gave me a tactile map of a travel route without any explanation of it, and that was the extent of my exposure to maps. Perhaps a few of us can collaborate on an article using examples of our work with students to illustrate. Thank you again for the ideas.

Sumara

From: Fredric Schroeder [mailto:fschroeder at sks.com ] Sent: Saturday, May 14, 2016 10:57 AM To: Sumara Shakeel; mperet at BISM.org ; NOMC at lists.nbpcb.org Subject: RE: [Nomc] seeking creative ideas for teaching compass directions to children

Sumara, et al,

Once all the ideas are collected, this would be a great best practices article.

Fredric K. Schroeder, Ph.D.

From: NOMC [mailto:nomc-bounces at lists.nbpcb.org ] On Behalf Of Sumara.Shakeel at dhs.state.nj.us Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2016 12:13 PM To: mperet at BISM.org ; NOMC at lists.nbpcb.org Subject: Re: [Nomc] seeking creative ideas for teaching compass directions to children

Maurice,

Those are great ideas! Thank you.

Sumara

From: Maurice Peret [mailto:mperet at BISM.org ] Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2016 12:07 PM To: Sumara Shakeel; NOMC at lists.nbpcb.org Subject: RE: [Nomc] seeking creative ideas for teaching compass directions to children

Greetings Sumara, I trust that this message finds you well.

I?m not sure how helpful this might or mightn?t be but I?ve sometimes used the concept of a face clock with folks struggling with cardinal directions; north being 12:00, east 3:00, south 6:00, and west 9:00. Trouble is, most people have become more accustomed to digital time devices. An idea that crept into mind, however, is perhaps circling chairs around a circle as for Musical chairs and the object might be to identify the chair at each compass point. You could do the same thing with a cake walk, have tasty treats at North, East, South, and West. Depending upon how challenging you want to get, you could even give bonuses for kids who can identify NE, SE, SW, and NW.

Hope to see you in Orlando.

Maurice From: NOMC [mailto:nomc-bounces at lists.nbpcb.org ] On Behalf Of Sumara.Shakeel at dhs.state.nj.us Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2016 11:48 AM To: NOMC at lists.nbpcb.org Subject: [Nomc] seeking creative ideas for teaching compass directions to children

Hello,

We are planning activities for the children?s summer program at our state agency, and I am wondering if anyone has ideas for teaching compass directions to children as part of a map skills activity. They range in age from about six to twelve. I, of course, know how to teach compass directions but am looking for fun and creative ways to present this to children as I have worked primarily with adults.

Sumara Shakeel

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