Name of teaching material
A clay-forming stick self-made product
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| Target | Students in the junior high and high school divisions who have difficulty moving their fingers; who have short arms; have contracture of the arm, finger, or other parts of the body; and who frequently use mouth movements |
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| Disability category | physically challenged |
| Teaching units / Applicable scenes | drawing and crafts, art teaching and learning tools, auxiliary aids |
| Specific purposes |
○ To have children experience the joy of creating objects by using a tool on their own to mold clay. ○ By using this tool, the children will be able to actually feel the object change shape. This will help to increase their imaginative power and nurture rich inspiration, planning ability, and creativity. |
| Considerations for disability characteristics | Students who cannot operate objects with their hands can hold the teaching material with their mouth. With only a slight movement, the spring bends and the rubber ball on the end of the stick beats and thins out the clay. |
| Expected effects and results | Children will be able to create artworks by themselves by operating the teaching tool with the mouth to mold and shape clay. The children will be able to feel the impact from the beating of the clay via the vibration of the spring. |
| How to use |
Before creating this teaching material, together with the students, we attempted to create a clay artwork by using existing tools (a wooden hammer, wooden spatula, spoon, etc.). However, all of these tools were difficult to use with the mouth. For this reason, I decided to develop a teaching tool that was easy to hold with the mouth and not too heavy, but with some weight and shape at the tip to enable it to beat and mold the clay. Preexisting materials were combined, and the shape of the handle that was to be held with the mouth was cut and shaped with a saw and a file. A highly flexible and elastic spring was used to connect the handle to a fairly hard rubber ball, which was attached to the tip of the tool. |
| Related teaching materials and information | |
| Useful for other students |
- Informant Special Needs Education School for the Physically Challenged, University of Tsukuba
- Keywords arts, art and craft, pottery, clay modeling, clay art, earthenware, clay
- Created 2016-11-02 14:29:53
- Updated 2023-12-08 18:08:59