Turn-ado Tactile Magnetic Learning Board for Blind & Low Vision Students | Time, Directions & Angles

One Board. Three Concepts. Endless Explorations.

Turn-ado is a multi-concept tactile magnetic learning board for blind and visually impaired students, particularly learners in Grade 5 and above. It makes three important school concepts—clock and time, directions and angles—more accessible through touch, movement, rotating pointers and interchangeable labelled rings.

Instead of relying only on flat textbook diagrams, learners can position movable needles on a circular board, feel their relative positions, rotate them and explore how orientation, time and angle measurements change. This hands-on educational aid for inclusive classrooms supports concept-building in mathematics, everyday time-reading and spatial orientation.

What Can Students Learn With Turn-ado?

1. Clock and Time — Explore How Hands Move

Use the blue time-learning ring with a numbered clock layout and movable pointers to identify clock positions, distinguish the hour and minute hands, practise reading analogue time and understand how hands rotate around the centre.

• Identify the positions of numbers on an analogue clock
• Position the hands to represent different times
• Explore clockwise movement and changing hand positions
• Link textbook clock diagrams to hands-on practice

2. Directions — Build Spatial Orientation

The green directions ring introduces the cardinal directions North, South, East and West and the intermediate directions NE, SE, SW and NW. Learners can rotate the movable pointers to practise directional relationships, orientation and turns.

• Locate and distinguish cardinal and intermediate directions
• Explore clockwise and anticlockwise turns
• Practise understanding orientation and relative position
• Support geography and everyday directional concepts

3. Angles — Learn by Creating and Rotating

With the yellow angle-learning ring, students can move two pointers to create, identify and compare angles. The illustrated ring includes degree markings, helping learners relate physical movement to mathematical angle measurements.

• Make and compare different angles using two movable needles
• Explore turns and rotation around a central point
• Understand the relationship between positions and degrees
• Practise geometry concepts through tactile interaction

Designed for Tactile, Interactive Learning

• Three concepts in one product: time, directions and angles share one modular base
• Magnetic circular board: hands-on surface with a central positioning point
• Interchangeable label rings: swap learning layouts as the lesson changes
• Moveable pointers: physically demonstrate clock hands, direction and degree-based movement
• Tactile reference points: raised features and markers provide additional orientation cues to explore by touch
• Visual and tactile learning: colour-coded rings, clear printed references and physical movement can support different learning preferences
• Guided activities: the product box features a QR code for a Turn-ado lesson plan
• Reusable learning tool: reset the ring and pointers to try multiple exercises and demonstrations

What's in the Box?

• 1 × Magnetic Circular Board — the reusable learning base
• 5 × Label Rings — interchangeable learning rings for time, directions and angles
• 6 × Moveable Needles / Pointers — two for each concept (time, directions and angles)

Total: 1 board, 5 labelled rings and 6 pointers. The photographs demonstrate examples of the different learning configurations; all components are part of one educational set.

How to Use Turn-ado

1. Explore the board: Feel the magnetic circular board and locate its central pole.
2. Select a learning ring: Position the chosen label ring around the board and find its orientation mark.
3. Place the pointers: Use the relevant pair of movable needles for time, directions or angles.
4. Turn and learn: Rotate, reposition and compare the needles, using touch and the labelled ring to understand the concept.
5. Extend the lesson: Follow guided activities or scan the QR code on the original packaging for the lesson plan.

Ideal for

• Blind and low-vision students learning time, directions and angles
• Learners in Grade 5 and above practising mathematics and orientation concepts
• Special educators, resource teachers and inclusive classrooms
• Parents and home educators teaching through tactile demonstrations
• Schools, NGOs and educational resource centres seeking reusable accessible teaching aids

Product Specifications

Learning That Can Be Felt

Turn-ado turns abstract ideas into objects learners can move and investigate. A clock hand can be positioned, a direction can be followed, and an angle can be formed—not only explained through a static picture. It is a practical, multi-sensory classroom resource intended to help students build understanding through repeated physical interaction.

Note: This is a manual magnetic teaching board, not an electronic clock or navigation compass. Teaching support may be helpful when introducing a new concept, and the experience can vary with a learner's tactile and visual preferences. Price and stock availability will be confirmed before sale.