Name of teaching material
Feed the Very Hungry Caterpillar self-made product
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| Target |
Kindergarten children Children with intellectual disability in lower grades of elementary school Children having interest in picture books and stories |
|---|---|
| Disability category | mentally challenged speech and language disorder autism emotional disturbance developmental disabilities other |
| Teaching units / Applicable scenes | Japanese arithmetic, mathematics instruction of play life unit learning learning for unit of work pre-school education |
| Specific purposes |
Children are to experience a story by actually moving their bodies. Children are encouraged to feed the caterpillar doll with models of fruits and say or/and gesture “Here you are”, “Munch, munch”, “Yummy!”, etc. |
| Considerations for disability characteristics |
The head was structured so that it is easy to open the mouth wide and see the doll eating the fruit models. The body was made with semitransparent plastic so that it is easy to see the food accumulating in and inflating the body. |
| Expected effects and results |
In our school, children enjoy feeding the caterpillar doll and voluntarily bring a fruit model and try to put it into the doll’s mouth, reflecting increased interest in the story play. Interactions increased by using speech or/and gestures, such as “Here you have an apple” and “Yummy?”. |
| How to use |
1. The teacher moves the doll and say, “I’m hungry! I want to each yummy fruits!” 2. A child finds a model of food from a basket and brings it to the doll. 3. The child puts the food model into the mouth of the doll, saying, “Here you are.” 4. The teacher moves the doll pretending eating the food model and respond, “Thank you! Munch, munch. Yummy!” 5. Let children move the doll together with the teacher and/or play by swapping the roles. |
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- Informant WAKAI Koutaro Special Needs Education School for the Mentally Challenged, University of Tsukuba
- Keywords story play, doll,
- Created 2024-04-03 14:59:46
- Updated 2024-04-03 14:59:46