Creating a story about sea creatures using molds and playdough to help autistic children learn the characteristics of each

1. Technology in Special Education
Monday Creating Sea characters out of playdough Number of Periods: 4
Objectives 1-Identify the ingredients of the playdough
2-Express preferences about food colors using simple sentences
3-Identify the spatial opposite concepts in/out
4-Mix the ingredients
5-Identify the molds’ shapes
6-Identify the sea creatures
Materials Video about cleanliness- molds of different sea creatures-playdough-soap-Towel-Cd player
Circle Time
&Warm-up
Activity
Circle time activities: Sing the song along with the video about washing hands and cleanliness
Warm up Activities: T displays the sea creatures’ props .She pantomimes the actions as she points at and names each one. Children
repeat the names after the T.
Domains Cognitive Performance Tasks Socio-Emotional Performance
Tasks
Aesthetic Performance Tasks Physical Performance Tasks

2. Homework
-T plays video as she models the
steps in washing hands
Children Listen, point, and repeat
then they follow the steps in
washing hands
-T shows the children the dough
ingredients. They touch, repeat its
name. After that she puts
different molds in a feely bag.
-T holds a big bowl each child has
to add one ingredient at a time.
Parents download a free
application
To play free games about
“Cleanliness
-T asks children about their favorite
sea animal
“I like the octopus, I like shark, I
like the fish…”
-Each child has to put a piece of
dough in his/her favorite sea
creature mold.
-T plays the video of washing
hands.
Children respond physically to
each line as they sing the song.
-T plays the video and gives the
children simple instructions such
as:
"wash your hands, open the tap
put the soap scrub the hands
rinse …"
Children follow T’s directions.