Database of Teaching Materials and Methods for Special Needs Education

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Target	・Kindergarten level, older students ・Young children who like number panel quiz games, toy cars and who are interested in numbers. Young children who are not speaking, but who will try to indicate numbers with their fingers or vocalize them.
Disability category	mentally challenged　autism
Teaching units / Applicable scenes	activities for independent living　instruction of play　pre-school education
Specific purposes	・For teachers to use the number panel to play with children while getting them to try to indicate numbers with their fingers or vocalize them.
Considerations for disability characteristics	・In the example shown here, the panel was made to look like one that appears in a quiz show that the child likes. ・Rubber bands were attached to enable the panel numbers to be flipped over, thereby getting interest and attention from the young child.
Expected effects and results	・The child was interested in the number panel and was able to imitate what the teacher said ("One!") and indicate the number with his finger to make a selection.
How to use	1. The child reads out and/or uses fingers to choose a number. 2. The chosen number panel is flipped over, revealing a card of a toy car which the child likes. 3. The child puts the toy car card onto the matching card.
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Informant Special Needs Education School for Children with Autism,University of Tsukuba
Keywords Numbers, play, matching