DEVELOPMENT OF AN INDIGENOUS CERAMICS BEAD MODEL CLAY FOR PLAY TO ENHANCE LEARNING OF CHILDREN WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES

📄 Project Abstract

The study developed and designed four components indigenous Ceramics Bead Model 'Clay for Play Model' in which the academic and physical components of the model were utilized to design an indigenous Ceramics instructional manual. The study sought to provide solutions to the problem of lack of appropriate indigenous ceramics instructional material for the education and rehabilitation of children with learning disabilities. Nine children with Learning Disabilities, mental retardation, cerebral palsy, and autism in three special schools in Plateau State were trained on how to play with clay through the soft and hard copies of the clay for play manual, in which the principles of playing with clay were applied to enhance reading, writing, sensory and visual-perceptual skills, fine motor exercises which can enhance the performance skills of LD through continuous use of the clay mathematical game, and clay beads production; the study enabled LD to interact socially through individual and coll...