Our Default Bliss Tactile Symbols
The Bliss Tactile Symbols downloadable from this page adhere to the default settings of the Bliss Tactile Symbol designer:
Note: it’s possible to alter all of these settings but that work and the generation of modified tactile symbols must be done by the user using the Bliss Tactile Symbol designer.
All the downloadable designs come with a recessed slot on the back for you to place a 10 mm Velcro dot. If you’re having trouble getting the dot to stick, try the approach described on this page.
Groups of Tactile Symbols
- All Adjectives – afraid, all gone, bad, big, busy, clean, cold, confused, different, dirty, dry, dumb, easy, eight, empty, fast, favorite, finished/all done, five, four, full, funny/silly, good, happy/fun, hard, hot, hungry, hurt, late/later, little, long, loud, mad, mean, medium, much/many, new, nice, nine, old, one, pretty, quiet, ready, right, sad, same, seven, short, sick, six, slow, smart, soft, ten, thirsty, three, tired, two, wet, wrong,
- All Adverbs – again, away, down, here, maybe, now, there, up
- All Conjunctions – and, because, or
- All Determiners – all, hers, his, more, most, my/mine, none, some, their, your
- All Exclamations – goodbye, hello, no, not/don’t, please, sorry, thank you, yes
- All Nouns – afternoon, aide, arm, baby, body, bottom, boy, brother, bus, bus driver, child, children, class, day, ear, evening, eye, face, family, father, food, friend, girl, grandfather, grandmother, hand, head, home, idea, legs and feet, man, morning, mother, mouth, name, night, nose, people, pet, pet’s name, place, problem, question, school, sister, SLP, stuff, teacher, thing, time, today, tomorrow, tonight, top, town, trouble, way, woman, yesterday
- All Prepositions – after, before, in, off, on, out, over, under
- All Pronouns – he/him, I/me, it, she/her, that, they, this, we, you
- All Questions – how, how much, what, what thing, when, where, who, why
- All Verbs – answer, ask, break, buy, call, can, close, color, come, count, die, do/does, dress, drink, drive, eat, feel, find, get, give, go, hate, have/has, hear/listen, help, hold, hurry, is/are, know, let, like, live, lose, love, make, need, open, play, put, read, ride, say/tell, see/look, sell, share, sing, sit, sleep, smell, stand, stop, take, take a break, taste, think, touch, try, turn, wait, wake up, walk, want, was/were, wash, watch, win, work, write
- Project Core Universal Core – all, can, different, do/does, finished/all done, get, go, good, he/him, help, here, I/me, in, it, like, make, more, not/don’t, on, open, put, same, see/look, she/her, some, stop, that, turn, up, want, what, when, where, who, why, you
- Gail Van Tatenhove Core Words – afraid, after, afternoon, again, aide, all, all gone, and, ask, away, baby, bad, because, before, big, body, bottom, boy, break, brother, bus, bus driver, busy, buy, call, can, child, children, class, clean, close, cold, color, come, confused, count, different, dirty, do/does, down, dress, drink, dry, dumb, easy, eat, empty, family, fast, father, favorite, feel, find, finished/all done, friend, full, funny/silly, get, girl, give, go, good, goodbye, grandfather, grandmother, happy/fun, hard, have/has, he/him, hear/listen, hello, help, here, hers, his, hold, home, hot, how, how much, hungry, hurry, hurt, I/me, idea, in, is/are, it, know, late/later, let, like, little, live, long, lose, loud, love, mad, make, man, maybe, mean, medium, more, morning, mother, my/mine, name, need, new, nice, night, no, not/don’t, now, off, old, on, one, open, out, over, people, pet, pet’s name, place, play, please, pretty, problem, put, question, quiet, read, ready, ride, right, sad, same, say/tell, school, see/look, share, she/her, short, sick, sing, sister, sit, sleep, slow, SLP, smart, soft, some, sorry, stand, stop, stuff, take, teacher, thank you, their, there, they, thing, think, thirsty, this, time, tired, today, tomorrow, top, town, trouble, try, turn, under, up, wait, walk, want, was/were, wash, watch, way, we, wet, what, what thing, when, where, who, why, win, woman, work, write, wrong, yes, yesterday, you, your
- Bliss Head Concepts – ear, eat, eye, food, hear/listen, mouth, nose, see/look, smell, taste
- Bliss Body Concepts – arm, body, hand, head, legs and feet, touch, walk
- Additional Concepts – answer, arm, day, die, drive, ear, eight, evening, eye, face, five, food, four, hand, hate, head, legs and feet, most, mouth, nine, none, nose, or, sell, seven, six, take a break, ten, three, tonight, touch, two, wake up
- Numbers – 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Individual Tactile Symbols
Concept – (Part of Speech, Base Color, Graphic Color)
- afraid – (adjective, blue, white)
- after – (preposition, pink, black)
- afternoon – (noun, orange, black)
- again – (adverb, brown, white)
- aide – (noun, orange, black)
- all – (determiner, black, white)
- all gone – (adjective, blue, white)
- and – (conjunction, white, black)
- answer – (verb, green, white)
- arm – (noun, orange, black)
- ask – (verb, green, white)
- away – (adverb, brown, white)
- baby – (noun, orange, black)
- bad – (adjective, blue, white)
- because – (conjunction, white, black)
- before – (preposition, pink, black)
- big – (adjective, blue, white)
- body – (noun, orange, black)
- bottom – (noun, orange, black)
- boy – (noun, orange, black)
- break – (verb, green, white)
- brother – (noun, orange, black)
- bus – (noun, orange, black)
- bus driver – (noun, orange, black)
- busy – (adjective, blue, white)
- buy – (verb, green, white)
- call – (verb, green, white)
- can – (verb, green, white)
- child – (noun, orange, black)
- children – (noun, orange, black)
- class – (noun, orange, black)
- clean – (adjective, blue, white)
- close – (verb, green, white)
- cold – (adjective, blue, white)
- color – (verb, green, white)
- come – (verb, green, white)
- confused – (adjective, blue, white)
- count – (verb, green, white)
- day – (noun, orange, black)
- die – (verb, green, white)
- different – (adjective, blue, white)
- dirty – (adjective, blue, white)
- do, does – (verb, green, white)
- down – (adverb, brown, white)
- dress – (verb, green, white)
- drink – (verb, green, white)
- drive – (verb, green, white)
- dry – (adjective, blue, white)
- dumb – (adjective, blue, white)
- ear – (noun, orange, black)
- easy – (adjective, blue, white)
- eat – (verb, green, white)
- eight – (adjective, blue, white)
- empty – (adjective, blue, white)
- evening – (noun, orange, black)
- eye – (noun, orange, black)
- face – (noun, orange, black)
- family – (noun, orange, black)
- fast – (adjective, blue, white)
- father – (noun, orange, black)
- favorite – (adjective, blue, white)
- feel – (verb, green, white)
- find – (verb, green, white)
- finished, all done – (adjective, blue, white)
- five – (adjective, blue, white)
- food – (noun, orange, black)
- four – (adjective, blue, white)
- friend – (noun, orange, black)
- full – (adjective, blue, white)
- funny, silly – (adjective, blue, white)
- get – (verb, green, white)
- girl – (noun, orange, black)
- give – (verb, green, white)
- go – (verb, green, white)
- good – (adjective, blue, white)
- goodbye – (exclamation, red, white)
- grandfather – (noun, orange, black)
- grandmother – (noun, orange, black)
- hand – (noun, orange, black)
- happy, fun – (adjective, blue, white)
- hard – (adjective, blue, white)
- hate – (verb, green, white)
- have, has – (verb, green, white)
- he, him – (pronoun, yellow, black)
- head – (noun, orange, black)
- hear, listen – (verb, green, white)
- hello – (exclamation, red, white)
- help – (verb, green, white)
- here – (adverb, brown, white)
- hers – (determiner, black, white)
- his – (determiner, black, white)
- hold – (verb, green, white)
- home – (noun, orange, black)
- hot – (adjective, blue, white)
- how – (question, purple, white)
- how much – (question, purple, white)
- hungry – (adjective, blue, white)
- hurry – (verb, green, white)
- hurt – (adjective, blue, white)
- I, me – (pronoun, yellow, black)
- idea – (noun, orange, black)
- in – (preposition, pink, black)
- is, are – (verb, green, white)
- it – (pronoun, yellow, black)
- know – (verb, green, white)
- late, later – (adjective, blue, white)
- legs and feet – (noun, orange, black)
- let – (verb, green, white)
- like – (verb, green, white)
- little – (adjective, blue, white)
- live – (verb, green, white)
- long – (adjective, blue, white)
- lose – (verb, green, white)
- loud – (adjective, blue, white)
- love – (verb, green, white)
- mad – (adjective, blue, white)
- make – (verb, green, white)
- man – (noun, orange, black)
- maybe – (adverb, brown, white)
- mean – (adjective, blue, white)
- medium – (adjective, blue, white)
- more – (determiner, black, white)
- morning – (noun, orange, black)
- most – (determiner, black, white)
- mother – (noun, orange, black)
- mouth – (noun, orange, black)
- much, many – (adjective, blue, white)
- my, mine – (determiner, black, white)
- name – (noun, orange, black)
- need – (verb, green, white)
- new – (adjective, blue, white)
- nice – (adjective, blue, white)
- night – (noun, orange, black)
- nine – (adjective, blue, white)
- no – (exclamation, red, white)
- none – (determiner, black, white)
- nose – (noun, orange, black)
- not, don’t – (exclamation, red, white)
- now – (adverb, brown, white)
- off – (preposition, pink, black)
- old – (adjective, blue, white)
- on – (preposition, pink, black)
- one – (adjective, blue, white)
- open – (verb, green, white)
- or – (conjunction, white, black)
- out – (preposition, pink, black)
- over – (preposition, pink, black)
- people – (noun, orange, black)
- pet – (noun, orange, black)
- pet’s name – (noun, orange, black)
- place – (noun, orange, black)
- play – (verb, green, white)
- please – (exclamation, red, white)
- pretty – (adjective, blue, white)
- problem – (noun, orange, black)
- put – (verb, green, white)
- question – (noun, orange, black)
- quiet – (adjective, blue, white)
- read – (verb, green, white)
- ready – (adjective, blue, white)
- ride – (verb, green, white)
- right – (adjective, blue, white)
- sad – (adjective, blue, white)
- same – (adjective, blue, white)
- say, tell – (verb, green, white)
- school – (noun, orange, black)
- see, look – (verb, green, white)
- sell – (verb, green, white)
- seven – (adjective, blue, white)
- share – (verb, green, white)
- she, her – (pronoun, yellow, black)
- short – (adjective, blue, white)
- sick – (adjective, blue, white)
- sing – (verb, green, white)
- sister – (noun, orange, black)
- sit – (verb, green, white)
- six – (adjective, blue, white)
- sleep – (verb, green, white)
- slow – (adjective, blue, white)
- SLP – (noun, orange, black)
- smart – (adjective, blue, white)
- smell – (verb, green, white)
- soft – (adjective, blue, white)
- some – (determiner, black, white)
- sorry – (exclamation, red, white)
- stand – (verb, green, white)
- stop – (verb, green, white)
- stuff – (noun, orange, black)
- take – (verb, green, white)
- take a break – (verb, green, white)
- taste – (verb, green, white)
- teacher – (noun, orange, black)
- ten – (adjective, blue, white)
- thank you – (exclamation, red, white)
- that – (pronoun, yellow, black)
- their – (determiner, black, white)
- there – (adverb, brown, white)
- they – (pronoun, yellow, black)
- thing – (noun, orange, black)
- think – (verb, green, white)
- thirsty – (adjective, blue, white)
- this – (pronoun, yellow, black)
- three – (adjective, blue, white)
- time – (noun, orange, black)
- tired – (adjective, blue, white)
- today – (noun, orange, black)
- tomorrow – (noun, orange, black)
- tonight – (noun, orange, black)
- top – (noun, orange, black)
- touch – (verb, green, white)
- town – (noun, orange, black)
- trouble – (noun, orange, black)
- try – (verb, green, white)
- turn – (verb, green, white)
- two – (adjective, blue, white)
- under – (preposition, pink, black)
- up – (adverb, brown, white)
- wait – (verb, green, white)
- wake up – (verb, green, white)
- walk – (verb, green, white)
- want – (verb, green, white)
- was, were – (verb, green, white)
- wash – (verb, green, white)
- watch – (verb, green, white)
- way – (noun, orange, black)
- we – (pronoun, yellow, black)
- wet – (adjective, blue, white)
- what – (question, purple, white)
- what thing – (question, purple, white)
- when – (question, purple, white)
- where – (question, purple, white)
- who – (question, purple, white)
- why – (question, purple, white)
- win – (verb, green, white)
- woman – (noun, orange, black)
- work – (verb, green, white)
- write – (verb, green, white)
- wrong – (adjective, blue, white)
- yes – (exclamation, red, white)
- yesterday – (noun, orange, black)
- you – (pronoun, yellow, black)
- your – (determiner, black, white)