Playing The Touch game is fun and educational. Based on the sense of touch, as the name implies, players challenge a sense often taken for granted. Fine motor skills are developed as players utilize tactile perception to find pieces. Mental imaging skills are enhanced through visualization. Subconscious learning is cultivated in a rewarding and entertaining atmosphere. Players challenge memory as they try to complete the theme sets of pieces, stimulating cognitive memorization. The sensory perception experience stengthens the cereberal cortex and builds nerve pathways in the brain! Learning is Fun!

The Touch also promotes literacy through the use of 'Fun Facts' which provide educational information about each of the unique play pieces. Players are encouraged to read and recite the passages, reinforcing the facts as they are feeling and visualizing the pieces.

Special Needs Uses & Benefits
Our products are utilized in many special needs fields. Playing The NEW Touch game builds sensorimotor & visualization skills and challenges cognitive memory in an interactive atmosphere, and is designed for players of all ages and abilities.

Many teachers and therapists use The New Touch with their students & patients as a multi-level learning and assessment tool. Applications include work with Autism, Aspergers, speech & language pathology, occupational & physical therapy and sight impairment, as well as work with seniors for use with Alzheimer’s & Dementia. It has also been used for early intervention, sensory integration, neurological motor disorders and stereognosis. The main benefit of The Touch game is the tactile perception factor, which develops and builds fine motor skills. Additionally, memory and cognitive abilities are challenged, while spatial and visualization abilities are strengthened. Literacy and language come into play t hrough the use of names and ‘fun facts’ on the corresponding theme cards. Players retain information more readily as they feel the object, see the image and read (or are recited) the informative passages. The multi-sensory stimulation builds nerve pathways in the Cerebral Cortex of the brain. Communication skills are developed through interactive play and open discussions on the themed objects. Proprioception, the mind’s awareness of the body, is enhanced through the sense of touch and the relationship to visual, verbal and literary descriptions. Bilateral hand function by using both dominate and non-dominate hands help develop dexterity and reflexology. The New Touch game is highly adaptable to independent settings, by personalizing goals and objectives for each use. The basic rules are simple and are open to imaginative interpretation. It is a valued learning game, accessible for a multitude of applications.