Name of teaching material
Today’s Schedule and Tomorrow’s Schedule self-made product
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| Target | Autistic children and students with mental retardation |
|---|---|
| Disability category | mentally challenged physically challenged health impairment speech and language disorder autism emotional disturbance multiple disabilities developmental disabilities other |
| Teaching units / Applicable scenes | instruction for living skills |
| Specific purposes |
The schedule signs help children and students ・ Acquire the concepts of “today” and “tomorrow” |
| Considerations for disability characteristics |
To help children and students know the difference between “today” and “tomorrow”, ・ Use different colors for “today” and “tomorrow” marks (orange and yellow, respectively, in the photos above), and post today’s schedule and tomorrow’s schedule at different places. To help children and students understand that tomorrow comes after today finishes by seeing the teacher attaching and removing schedule signs, ・ Make the schedule signs so that they are easy to attach and remove, and remove today’s schedule at the end of the day and attach tomorrow’s schedule. |
| Expected effects and results |
・ Use of different colors and posting places between “today” and “tomorrow” is expected to help children and students realize the difference between “today” and “tomorrow”. ・ Removing today’s schedule sign at the end of the day and attaching tomorrow’s schedule are expected to help children and students recognize that tomorrow comes when today ends. |
| How to use |
1) During the closing circle of each day, share the idea that today has ended by reviewing what the class has done on the day. 2) Post “tomorrow’s” date and day of the week. 3) Remove the schedule sign for “today”. Attach “tomorrow’s” schedule, and inform about the activities scheduled for tomorrow. |
| Related teaching materials and information | |
| Useful for other students | Also useful for children and students having difficulty understanding that activities of each day are related to the schedule sign |
- Informant TOUYAMA Satoko, Special Needs Education School for Children with Autism, University of Tsukuba
- Keywords structuring schedule, concept formation, instruction for living skills
- Created 2025-02-05 16:07:24
- Updated 2025-02-05 16:07:24