Name of teaching material
Photograph Cards self-made product
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| Target | Infants, young children, children who have difficulty interacting solely through spoken words (kindergarten level) |
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| Disability category | deaf and hard of hearing mentally challenged speech and language disorder |
| Teaching units / Applicable scenes | activities for independent living instruction for living skills other |
| Specific purposes |
◎To enable children to make connections between spoken words and their meaning. ○To enable children to develop an outlook on life and activities. |
| Considerations for disability characteristics | Many children in this developmental stage with hearing impairments find it difficult to interact with others solely through spoken words. Photograph cards provide children with visual clues about the meaning of spoken words. A teacher can use photograph cards as necessary to help children make the connection between spoken words and their meaning. Also, by using photograph cards together with picture cards and actual items when speaking to children, teachers can help children to develop an outlook on life and activities. |
| Expected effects and results |
・Children will be able to understand what their teachers are asking of them, when spoken words alone are not enough. ・By hearing the same word repeated while being shown the same photograph card, children will come to understand the meaning of the spoken word on its own. ・Children will feel less anxiety about things which are new or unfamiliar. |
| How to use |
・Think about the objects to photograph and the size, brightness, etc., needed to communicate them to the children. ・Think about the order of presentation for spoken words and photograph cards to match the needs of the child. ・If the photograph card is held next to the teacher's mouth, the children's eyes can more easily move between the photograph and the teacher's mouth. |
| Related teaching materials and information | |
| Useful for other students |
- Informant Special Needs Education School for the Deaf, University of Tsukuba
- Keywords Photograph card, visual teaching aids, visual clues
- Created 2017-11-02 14:10:32
- Updated 2020-06-08 18:10:19