Name of teaching material
| Target | Elementary school lower grade, including some upper grade student groups (comprised of children for whom the primary focus is on tactile play) |
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| Disability category | mentally challenged |
| Teaching units / Applicable scenes | drawing and crafts, art |
| Specific purposes |
Use paper to enjoy playing with materials (1) Tearing and balling up (tactile play) (2) Wearing on the body (imaginative play making scarfs, hats, skirts, animal tails) (3) Tool-making (imaginative play making telescopes, flutes) (4) Pretend play (sword fighting, tug-of-war) |
| Considerations for disability characteristics |
(1) Enjoy the feel of the material (2) Can be developed into all sorts of imaginative play and other activities. |
| Expected effects and results | Can be introduced as part of play activities (1) to (4), although a second teacher's aid will be needed. |
| How to use | Connect two full sheets of newspaper (one sheet = two pages) side by side and hang them from the ceiling reaching down towards the floor to create a large curtain. |
| Related teaching materials and information | Old newspaper is widely used as part of molding activity play for young schoolchildren. Introducing this teaching material when it is hung from the ceiling will attract children's interest. |
| Useful for other students |