Sawaru Glyph is a haptic reading program developed in Japan to support individuals with dyslexia. ("Sawaru" means "haptics" in Japanese.) This program was designed to provide effective training at home. The program uses visual and auditory materials combined with haptic reading of 3D letters to promote four essential functions critical for reading and writing: ・The formation of memory for letter shapes ・The integration of letter and sound memory ・The formation of word shape memory ・The improvement of RAN (Rapid Automatized Naming) By using this program, individuals with dyslexia can enhance their reading fluency and improve their ability to recall spelling. It is also expected to reduce the cognitive burden experienced during reading. Through learning that incorporates haptics, we aim to improve the lives of individuals with dyslexia.

Highly Imaginable Words and Short Sentences Edition is the next instructional material to be used after the Basic Spelling and Phonics Edition. This material strengthens and further generalizes the spelling and sound memory, as well as word form memory, learned in the “Basic Spelling and Phonics Edition” through haptic reading of words and sentences featuring uniquely developed depictions designed to activate semantic memory. The material consists of 22 sentences describing highly imaginative pictures and 11 word lists. Learners alternate between haptic reading of the “pictures and sentences” and the “word lists. In the Highly Imaginable Words and Short Sentences Edition, haptic reading with highly imaginable words, sentences, and pictures aims to strongly activate the semantic system, further enhancing the brain’s reading and writing network.

This sheet is part of a haptic learning program designed to develop number concepts and calculation imagery. This program aims to build the foundation for mathematical thinking by fostering number concepts. Specifically, it helps learners create mental images of quantities associated with numbers and understand the order and relationships of numbers. Additionally, learners can explore how quantity imagery changes through basic calculations such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. The learning method involves “seeing with the eyes, touching with the hands, and reading aloud” the numbers and quantities corresponding to numerical expressions. This process facilitates the formation of number concepts and calculation imagery in the mind. Recent neuroscience research has shown that visual and tactile information is integrated within the brain. By exploring numbers, quantities, and clusters through touch, learners can form more concrete and accurate mental images of number concepts.