TABLE 2.

Titles and texts accompanying each image in the two series of tactile images (elements are underlined).

Title: “This is the story of Smallpoint who builds a house”.

Image 1: “I put a big rectangle at the bottom of the picture to depict the walls of the house, and I stick on a big triangle to form the roof”.

Image 2: “I put a small rectangle on the wall to make the door, and in the middle of the wall, two small squares for the windows”.

Image 3: “On the roof, a small rectangle makes the chimney and I also put on wool to imitate the smoke coming out of the chimney”.

Image 4: “I add fabric to the windows to represent the curtains, and a handle on the door to enter my house”.

Title: “This is the story of Smallpoint who draws a man”

Image 1: “At the top of the picture, I put a circle for the head, and then a big oval under the head for the belly”.

Image 2: “On the circle, I stick two small circles for the eyes, and two short, thin rectangles on each side of the oval for the arms”.

Image 3: “Above the circle, I fix some sticks for the hair. And two long, thin rectangles at the bottom of the oval for the legs”.

Image 4: “I draw a triangle under the eyes for the nose, and a half-moon under the nose for the mouth”.

Image 5: “Finally, two circles on each side of the face will be the ears”.