Name of teaching material
Target |
・Kindergarten level, older students ・Children who are unable to take off their backpack because they are unable to undo the buckle and are unwilling to perform morning preparations; children who have difficulty with pants snaps and with buttoning and take a long time to change clothes |
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Disability category | mentally challenged autism |
Teaching units / Applicable scenes | activities for independent living pre-school education |
Specific purposes |
・To practice doing and undoing buckles, buttons and snaps. ・To enable children to change clothes before and after school, prepare their school bag and perform school meal preparations on their own. |
Considerations for disability characteristics |
・Three backpacks of different colors and sizes were created to facilitate children choosing the activity order for themselves. ・Under the teacher's guidance, the children handled the differently colored and sized backpacks with the expectation of "What will be inside?" |
Expected effects and results |
・The children looked forward to the tasks inside the backpacks, which had them happily playing make-believe and other games while wearing the backpacks. ・Through repetition of the exercise, the children became capable of easily doing and undoing the buckles, buttons and snaps. ・The children developed the ability and willingness to change clothes before and after school, prepare their school bag and perform school meal preparations on their own. |
How to use |
1. The child selects his/her preferred color from among three differently colored backpacks. 2. The child undoes the buckle. 3. The child removes the teaching material inside the backpack. 4. The child closes up the buttons and snap buttons. |
Related teaching materials and information | |
Useful for other students |