Rubber Modeling Clay Helps Improve Color Perception In Children With Intellectual Disabilities

After nearly two years of practice and exploration of the application of rubber modeling clay to education and rehabilitation training for children with intellectual disabilities, teachers in the author's school generally believe that rubber modeling clay helps to improve the color cognitive ability of children with intellectual disabilities.

Having some minimal cognitive skills and knowledge of some basic attributes of things can help children with intellectual disabilities to successfully participate in cognitive training. Color is an important attribute of things, yet low intelligence severely limits color perception in children with intellectual disabilities. Although they can identify and name some colors, the correct rate is much lower than that of normal children. Thus, developing color cognitive skills is an extremely important activity in the education and rehabilitation training process for children with intellectual disabilities.

Rubber modeling clay is colorful and a good teaching tool. For the cognitive red color, for example, teachers can use rubber modeling clay to design some interesting activities, such as "find" activities: red, white, and black rubber modeling clay each mixed together to show students, the teacher demonstration pick out the red white and black rubber modeling clay to students said "this is red rubber modeling clay, red color", guide students to imitate the teacher in the mix of rubber modeling clay to find red, and try to say "this is red rubber modeling clay, red color". Red color", guide students to imitate the teacher in the mix of rubber modeling clay to find the red, and try to say "this is red rubber modeling clay, red color". "Draw a picture" activity: guide them to draw the shape of the play dough according to the edge of the rubber modeling clay, and then fill the red color.

They can also be encouraged to think and talk about what things in our life are the same as this color. Students can be prompted: tomatoes, watermelons, red scarves, the five-star red flag flying in the playground, etc. are red, leading them to associate common items in their lives and deepen their impression of the color red. Through repeated visual perception and adequate game training, students are helped to master the names of colors and the colors that match them.

There are also other advantages of rubber modeling clay, which can be found in other related news.