Tactile memory game “Visual Training”

🎯 In this game the pairs are found not only with the eyes but also with the fingertips. The tactile memory game “Visual Training” brings sight and touch together: specially designed high-contrast pictures with a rough texture let the cards be recognised both by looking and by feeling. An original Akros aid, suitable for children with visual impairments too.

✨ What does this game develop?

• Sensory perception – it sharpens the sense of touch and visual discrimination;
• Attention and concentration – finding pairs takes a careful look and a careful “listen” to your fingers;
• Memory – both the images and their textures are remembered;
• Spatial orientation – which card was put where?

🎲 How to play at home?

Play it as an ordinary memory game – cards face down, two turned over at a time – or make it harder: blindfold yourselves and try to find the pairs by touch alone. You can also play it like a “feely bag”: the child draws a card with their eyes closed and tries to describe what they feel. The more varied the ways of playing, the richer the sensory experience.

🧑‍🏫 Tips for professionals

An irreplaceable aid for inclusive education: the contrast and the relief let partially sighted and blind children play alongside the whole group. For occupational therapists and special-needs educators it suits sensory integration sessions, tactile discrimination practice and preparation for reading raised script. For speech and language therapists – practice in descriptive language: rough, smooth, wavy…

📦 What is in the set?

• 34 sturdy cardboard cards with a raised texture (9 × 9 cm).

Note: the game instructions may be in Spanish, but the game is simple to follow and the clear pictures let you start playing straight away.

👶 Who is it for?

Recommended from 3 years. Ideal for sensory development sessions at home and in institutions, for children with visual impairments and for everyone learning to know the world with all their senses.