Name of teaching material
Sea Kayak Challenge! self-made product
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| Target |
・Elementary school level, fifth graders ・Children who have never ridden in a sea kayak Also, children whose first impression is negative and become unable to participate in activities later ・Children who feel intimidated at the thought of life jackets and other items they do not wear daily |
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| Disability category | mentally challenged autism |
| Teaching units / Applicable scenes | special activities other |
| Specific purposes |
・To enable students to participate in the activity while wearing a life jacket. ・To learn how to use a paddle. |
| Considerations for disability characteristics |
・Starting with the child's backpack that they wear regularly, it was padded and modified until it felt similar to a life jacket in thickness, etc. ・Something resembling the length, weight, etc., of an actual paddle was put together. ・A number of exercise balls were used to express the unsteadiness of waves. |
| Expected effects and results |
・Students gained enough confidence from the exercise to allow them to look forward school camp. ・Students developed a better sense of cooperation through calling out "left, right" to each other. ・Students recognized the importance of promising to always wear a life jacket when riding in a sea kayak. ・Student learned how to adjust their center of gravity to maintain balance even in unstable places. |
| How to use |
1. Communicate important points ・Communicate over and over to students that they will not drown if they fall into the sea so long as they wear a life jacket. 2. Show how to use a paddle ・Carefully practice paddling with alternating left and right strokes while shifting center of gravity. |
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- Informant Special Needs Education School for Children with Autism,University of Tsukuba
- Keywords Sea kayak
- Created 2017-11-02 16:26:59
- Updated 2023-12-26 14:34:11