Name of teaching material
On-duty badges and a badge display sheet self-made product
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| Target | Young children |
|---|---|
| Disability category | deaf and hard of hearing mentally challenged autism other |
| Teaching units / Applicable scenes | activities for independent living instruction for living skills other pre-school education |
| Specific purposes |
On-duty badges with designs reflecting the season and the display sheet: - Encourage children to enjoy being on duty and do the duty willingly - Help children: Know who is on duty on the day Feel familiar to events of the months and seasonal features Understand numbers and months Recognize passage of time, such as semester and year, and seasonal changes. |
| Considerations for disability characteristics |
The badges are to have a design that is familiar to and easy for infants to visually understand. When the month is over, the badge is to be posted on the display sheet so that children can see the badges whenever they like to. |
| Expected effects and results |
- The badges help children visually know who is on duty on the day. - Teachers and/or guardians can communicate with the child by guessing his or her feelings, such as “You’re on duty today. Happy, aren’t you?” and “You’ll be on duty tomorrow. You are looking forward to it, aren’t you?” - The badge can be a cue to talk about an event or/and season. - The displayed badges help children visually understand abstract concepts and matters that are difficult to explain with words, such as change of the seasons and passage of time, such as month, year, semester, first grade and so on. - The displayed badges serve as visual clues when the class talks about past experiences, such as “In July when we were in the first grade”, and help smooth communication. |
| How to use |
- A new badge is prepared each month. - The child to be on duty on the day wears the badge and do the on-duty activities. - The badges have designs connected with the season on the front and the month (in number) on the back. - At our school, children’s guardians take turns in making the badges. We are encouraging the guardians to talk about and decide the design of the badge together with their children, which leads the children to feel more familiar to and be more interested in events and seasons. - At the beginning of each month, talk to children about events of the month and seasonal feature related to the design of the badge. Also, have a conversation with children about who made the badge and what the design of the month was last year. - Guide children to pay attention to the season by showing the designs of the displayed badges and mentioning changes of the seasons, such as “Summer is coming. It’s going to get hot” and “You’re going to be second graders when the spring comes.” - When the month ends, display the badge of the month on the sheet. Talk with children what they did in the month, what happened, etc. ・お当番はバッジをつけ，お当番活動をする。バッジはその月ごとに作る。 |
| Related teaching materials and information | |
| Useful for other students | The badges and display sheet are also useful for children and students who have difficulty understanding abstract concepts such as seasons, year, month, semester and grade. |
- Informant ISHIZAKI Mitsuki, Special Needs Education School for the Deaf, University of Tsukuba
- Keywords on-duty activities, visual clue, understanding time and seasons
- Created 2025-02-05 12:03:22
- Updated 2025-02-05 12:03:22