Reach inside of Ruff's little house and try to find two matching bones. Designed to develop the child's tactile sense, each pair of fabric and plastic bones has a distinctive texture. There are 20 bones with 10 textures and developing a sense of touch also involves language to describe the textures and one little fabric dog--no doubt this is Ruff. The bones can be described with words such as silky, spiky, grooved, smooth, bumpy, and fluffy.

SNAP: This is an excellent choice for kids with visual disabilities who need to develop not just their touch, but ways of describing what they feel at their fingertips. You can use this little house for other games by making pairs of other objects with distinctive shapes or textures. Cut a sponge into pairs of matching shapes, such as triangles, circles, squares and rectangles. Or use household items such as two cotton balls, two spoons, two small plastic blocks, two bottle tops, etc.

Age: Preschool, Early School Years. Award Year: 2011. Click here to purchase the product on Amazon.com.