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A practice tool for tying a bow knot  self-made product
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    To prevent a knot from being vertical, it is important to clearly differentiate the strings going upward and downward when making a knot.

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    Make a loop with the string going downward, and then wrap the loop with the string going upward to make a bow knot.

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Target Children who:
cannot tie a bow knot or who are not very good at it,
have visual impairment or difficulty in visual perception
cannot tie a bow knot correctly, which lies horizontally, but make the bow vertically.
Disability category visual impairment　mentally challenged
Teaching units / Applicable scenes activities for independent living　instruction for living skills
Specific purposes Children will be able to tie a bow knot
Considerations for disability characteristics The use of a thin black mat as a background and white and orange strings gives good color contrast for easy viewing.
The different colors of the right and left strings make it easier for children to learn the process of tying a bow knot.
Expected effects and results Children will be able to:
(1) tie a bow knot
(2) correct a vertical bow into a correct bow knot.
How to use Children practice tying a bow knot using this teaching material.
Following presentation of an example by the teacher, children follow the same process of tying a bow knot.
Children easily understand how to tie a bow knot correctly because the different colors of the strings make it easy to differentiate them from each other (which one is in which direction) of the first loop.
Related teaching materials and information Using different lengths or the same color for the right and left strings can increase the level of difficulty. After learning how to tie a bow knot using this teaching material, it is better to practice using objects employed in actual daily life, such as shoelaces.
Useful for other students
  • Informant Special Needs Education School for the Visually Impaired, Univ. of TSUKUBA
  • Keywords bow knot, vertical bow knot
  • Created 2019-08-08 16:56:12
  • Updated 2020-06-08 15:28:08