The AnyMath Kit is a versatile and user-friendly tool empowering blind and low vision students and their teachers to create accessible tactile graphics for a comprehensive range of math topics, from elementary calculations to high school trigonometry.
The AnyMath Kit is a versatile resource designed to empower students who are blind and low vision, along with their teachers, by providing a myriad of options to create accessible math displays. This user-friendly tool facilitates the creation of tactile graphics, ensuring that blind students across all grades have essential resources for their mathematical studies, ranging from elementary school’s vertical calculations and number lines to middle school’s exploration of geometric shapes and the coordinate system, and finally, high school’s engagement with algebraic and trigonometric functions. AnyMath Kit stands as the comprehensive and accessible solution for graphing needs across diverse mathematical concepts.
Straightforward product design that is easy to understand and quick to set up
Foldable and lightweight boards designed for easy storage and portability
Smooth board surface that any pieces backed with loop material can stick to
Straight lines and curves easily drawn with two kinds of cord that differ both tactually and visually
Sixteen outlines of geometric shapes with midpoint marks that allow accurate representation of geometry concepts
Sixteen filled geometric shapes ideal for use by young students
Dual media representation with both braille and print that facilitates math communication between sighted and blind teachers and students, especially in inclusive settings.
A grid board with a low-profile hook-material surface, 20 x 20 squares;
A board with a solid covering of hook material for general illustrations;
A board with hook material for storing pieces;
Two kinds of cord with contrasting colors, textures, and widths for drawing lines and curves;
Outline and filled geometric shapes, point symbols, and strips backed with loop material;
Blank tiles and label tiles with numbers, mathematical signs, and letters in large print and braille.
This was the most popular product we have field tested. Other teachers wanted to know the item number and cost. A big selling point was the smooth texture of the board’s surface.
One of the biggest assets of these manipulatives is the dual media representation with the braille and print that could facilitate math communication between sighted and blind teachers and students in inclusive settings.
This kit can [allow] students transitioning to braille to spatially arrange basic math computation problems as well as algebraic equations and solve them…The geometry portion really fills a need that we have for geometric shapes so that we can draw medians and other necessary lines within geometric shapes, and it has the potential for use with transformations.
