{"id":2546,"date":"2009-03-05T17:57:56","date_gmt":"2009-03-05T22:57:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/clds\/resources\/early-childhood-resources-1\/tactile-symbols-for-owl-books\/"},"modified":"2021-12-08T12:02:41","modified_gmt":"2021-12-08T17:02:41","slug":"tactile-symbols-for-owl-books","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/clds\/resources\/early-childhood-resources-1\/tactile-symbols-for-owl-books\/","title":{"rendered":"Tactile Symbols for OWL Books"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here are suggestions for symbols and materials to add texture to OWL books. The texture symbols may enhance interest and engagement of children with the books.<\/p>\n<p>Corduroy Symbols<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Corduroy\u2014ears, furry green overalls, button<\/li>\n<li>Little girl\u2014yarn Mother\u2014paper bag, fuzzy white hat<\/li>\n<li>Escalator\u2014hard, silver, ridged metal<\/li>\n<li>Beds and pillows\u2014batting<\/li>\n<li>Lamp Button\u2014string<\/li>\n<li>Light\u2014gold foil<\/li>\n<li>Blue uniform\u2014badge\/hat<\/li>\n<li>Sales lady\u2014lace<\/li>\n<li>Stairs\u2014popsicle sticks<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Dandelion Symbols<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dandelion \u2013 white foam board<\/li>\n<li>Letter \u2013 Paper<\/li>\n<li>Gold writing \u2013 Gold sparkle writer<\/li>\n<li>Scissors during haircut \u2013 foil<\/li>\n<li>Shampoo \u2013 cotton ball<\/li>\n<li>Mirror \u2013 mirror<\/li>\n<li>Curlers \u2013 purple curly fabric<\/li>\n<li>Fancy coat \u2013 green felt<\/li>\n<li>Jennifer Giraffe \u2013 silver string for pearl necklace<\/li>\n<li>Sun rays \u2013 orange string<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Dreams<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Roberto\u00a0\u2013\u00a0blue\u00a0and\u00a0white\u00a0striped\u00a0fabric<\/li>\n<li>Amy\u00a0\u2013\u00a0purple\u00a0fabric<\/li>\n<li>Paper\u00a0mouse\u00a0\u2013\u00a0compute\u00a0paper<\/li>\n<li>Dog\u00a0\u2013\u00a0brown\u00a0felt<\/li>\n<li>Cat\u00a0\u2013\u00a0black\u00a0fake\u00a0fur<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Golden Bear Symbols<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bear \u2013 Yellow blanket fabric<\/li>\n<li>Stair railings \u2013 Wood stick<\/li>\n<li>Rocking chair \u2013 White poster board<\/li>\n<li>Violin string \u2013 Gold string<\/li>\n<li>Green carpet \u2013 Green felt<\/li>\n<li>Ladybug \u2013 Red foam board<\/li>\n<li>Tulips \u2013 Pink fabric<\/li>\n<li>Garden \u2013 Sparkles<\/li>\n<li>Telephone Cord \u2013 Orange string<\/li>\n<li>Bathtub \u2013 White foam board<\/li>\n<li>Cloud \u2013 Cotton ball<\/li>\n<li>Sheet \u2013 White fabric<\/li>\n<li>Skates \u2013 Silver poster board<\/li>\n<li>Earmuffs on snowman \u2013 Red foam ball<\/li>\n<li>Bear \u2013 Yellow blanket fabric<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Growing Things<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>runner bean-bean<\/li>\n<li>paper towel-paper towel<\/li>\n<li>plant-green ribbon<\/li>\n<li>water-hot glue (dried)<\/li>\n<li>stake-toothpick<\/li>\n<li>rocks-small rocks<\/li>\n<li>dirt-dirt<\/li>\n<li>seeds-pieces of rice<\/li>\n<li>cotton balls-cotton balls<\/li>\n<li>foam-gray foam board<\/li>\n<li>sand-sandpaper<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A Hat for Minerva Louise<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Minerva Louis-cotton balls<\/li>\n<li>snow-white cottony material<\/li>\n<li>scarf on snowman-purple felt<\/li>\n<li>hose-green shiny poster board<\/li>\n<li>gloves-white and blue striped fabric<\/li>\n<li>flower pot-red fabric<\/li>\n<li>shoe laces-orange yarn<\/li>\n<li>snowman&#8217;s hat-orange poof ball<\/li>\n<li>mittens-pink silky fabric<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Hooray, A Pi\u00f1ata Symbols<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Clara-pink fabric<\/li>\n<li>Samson-blue fabric<\/li>\n<li>Dog pi\u00f1ata-torn up wrapping paper<\/li>\n<li>cloud pi\u00f1ata-torn up aluminum foil<\/li>\n<li>stick used to hit pi\u00f1ata-wooden stick<\/li>\n<li>candy-candy wrapper<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Hush Symbols<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>mom-white fabric<\/li>\n<li>mosquito-black rubber band piece<\/li>\n<li>hammock-blue fabric<\/li>\n<li>lizard-green ribbon<\/li>\n<li>black cat-black fur<\/li>\n<li>gray mouse-gray foam board<\/li>\n<li>green frog-green poster board<\/li>\n<li>pig-pink foam board<\/li>\n<li>duck-white feather<\/li>\n<li>monkey-brown fur<\/li>\n<li>water buffalo-brown felt<\/li>\n<li>elephant-foam<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Let\u2019s Make Music Symbols<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>pages that say listen to sound-picture of ear<\/li>\n<li>paperclips-paperclips<\/li>\n<li>beads-beads<\/li>\n<li>plastic bottle-piece of plastic<\/li>\n<li>decorations of bottle-sparkles<\/li>\n<li>rubber band-rubber band<\/li>\n<li>plastic bag-cut out from plastic bag<\/li>\n<li>pen-posterboard<\/li>\n<li>food coloring bottles-red, blue, and green foam board<\/li>\n<li>water-foam packing material<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A Letter To Amy Symbols<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>letter\/envelope-notebook paper<\/li>\n<li>pencil-yellow foam board<\/li>\n<li>Peter-blue fabric for jeans<\/li>\n<li>rain jacket-cling wrap<\/li>\n<li>cloud-cotton ball<\/li>\n<li>lightning-silver poster board<\/li>\n<li>Amy-pink fabric<\/li>\n<li>mailbox-red nylon fabric<\/li>\n<li>party hats-red foam board<\/li>\n<li>Peter&#8217;s mom-green felt<\/li>\n<li>parrot-green feather<\/li>\n<li>candles-green poster board<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Little Red Hen Symbols<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Red hen-red felt<\/li>\n<li>tomato sauce-red fabric<\/li>\n<li>duck-yellow feather<\/li>\n<li>dog-green ribbon<\/li>\n<li>cat-purple foam board<\/li>\n<li>pizza pan-aluminum foil<\/li>\n<li>flour-flour<\/li>\n<li>mozzarella cheese-white foam board<\/li>\n<li>big pizza-orange string<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Matthew and Tilly Symbols<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tilly-pink fabric<\/li>\n<li>Matthew-green felt<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Noisy Nora Symbols<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Nora-fake brown hair<\/li>\n<li>Jack-yellow blanket material<\/li>\n<li>Katie-purple felt<\/li>\n<li>Dad-blue cloth<\/li>\n<li>Mom-pink cloth<\/li>\n<li>soup-green ribbon<\/li>\n<li>window-shiny poster board<\/li>\n<li>door-corkboard material<\/li>\n<li>marbles-sparkles<\/li>\n<li>sponge in bath-sponge for sponge painting<\/li>\n<li>lampshade-pink foam board<\/li>\n<li>chairs-wooden sticks<\/li>\n<li>kite-orange string<\/li>\n<li>tub-aluminum foil<\/li>\n<li>mailbox flag-red foam board<\/li>\n<li>shrub-green puffballs<\/li>\n<li>trash-blue paper crinkled up<\/li>\n<li>brooms-wooden sticks<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Oonga Boonga Symbols<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>baby-purple felt<\/li>\n<li>tears-blue sparkle gel<\/li>\n<li>mom-yellow fabric<\/li>\n<li>dad-jean fabric<\/li>\n<li>picture-real photo<\/li>\n<li>bottle-nipple from bottle<\/li>\n<li>cat-black fur<\/li>\n<li>harmonica-metal piece<\/li>\n<li>grandpa-purple curly fabric<\/li>\n<li>bird-red feather<\/li>\n<li>squirrel-black fur<\/li>\n<li>tree-real bark or green tissue paper<\/li>\n<li>brother-red fabric<\/li>\n<li>baby&#8217;s mouth-red gel<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Over the Meadow Symbols<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>turtles-sandpaper<\/li>\n<li>fish-foam<\/li>\n<li>bird-blue feathers<\/li>\n<li>muskrat-brown fur<\/li>\n<li>bees-white plastic bag for wings<\/li>\n<li>crows-black feathers<\/li>\n<li>crickets-silver poster board<\/li>\n<li>lizard-green poster board<\/li>\n<li>frogs-green ribbon<\/li>\n<li>firefly-yellow foam popsicle sticks<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Rabbits and Raindrops<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>rabbits-brown fake fur<\/li>\n<li>raindrops-dried hot glue drops<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>See How they Grow Duck<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>egg-white cardboard<\/li>\n<li>young duck-yellow blanket material<\/li>\n<li>duck with white feathers-white feathers<\/li>\n<li>water-hot glue (dried)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Time for Bed Symbols<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>nighttime-construction paper<\/li>\n<li>mice-black fur<\/li>\n<li>goose-yellow feathers<\/li>\n<li>cat-stretched out cotton ball<\/li>\n<li>cow-white cloth<\/li>\n<li>horse-brown felt<\/li>\n<li>fish-foam packing wrap<\/li>\n<li>sheep-thick cotton<\/li>\n<li>bird-blue feathers<\/li>\n<li>bee wings-parchment paper<\/li>\n<li>snake-shiny green poster board<\/li>\n<li>dog-brown fur<\/li>\n<li>deer-red felt<\/li>\n<li>little boy-yellow blanket fabric<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Very Noisy Night<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>little mouse-brown fake fur<\/li>\n<li>big mouse-black felt<\/li>\n<li>door-wooden stick<\/li>\n<li>window-clear plastic wrap<\/li>\n<li>umbrella-red fabric<\/li>\n<li>ear muffs-yellow poof ball<\/li>\n<li>paperclip-paperclip<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are suggestions for symbols and materials to add texture to OWL books. The texture symbols may enhance interest and engagement of children with the books. Corduroy Symbols Corduroy\u2014ears, furry green overalls, button Little girl\u2014yarn Mother\u2014paper bag, fuzzy white hat Escalator\u2014hard, silver, ridged metal Beds and pillows\u2014batting Lamp Button\u2014string Light\u2014gold foil Blue uniform\u2014badge\/hat Sales lady\u2014lace &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/clds\/resources\/early-childhood-resources-1\/tactile-symbols-for-owl-books\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Tactile Symbols for OWL Books\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1981,"featured_media":0,"parent":2462,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-2546","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","odd"],"acf":[],"_links_to":[],"_links_to_target":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/clds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2546","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/clds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/clds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/clds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1981"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/clds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2546"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/clds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2546\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/clds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/clds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}