This is an activity from a class for VIMD students at Bangladesh Protibondhi Foundation. In this group activity every child participates actively. They gain concept development, communication skills, weighing, counting, orientation and mobility skills, socialization skills, organization skills, etc. and have lots of fun through this activity.  Individual goals are incorporated into the activity for each student, according to their needs and abilities.

1.  Preparing a tactile shopping list using real objects

 

1. Abeda (girl) and Abir (boy) are making tactile shopping list using real objects.

• Abeda will remember the four items for snack.
• She will learn sign for the four items
• She will place the items in a shopping list

• Abir will learn the name of the items for snack.
• He will match with real object to object symbol on the shopping list.

 

 

2. Tactile Shopping List

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3. Introducing Tactile Sign for Shopping

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4. Reviewing shopping list with Abir

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5. Getting started for the shopping mall

• Goal: Abeda will follow the demonstration for safety on the road.
• She will stop before leaving the school gate, checking on both sides for traffic.

• Goal: Abir will use sighted guide technique on the road.
• He will hold teachers arm appropriately following instructions for stop and start.

 

 

 

 

 

 

6. Taking a car to get to the shopping mall

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7. At the shopping mall

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8. Taking a trolley for shopping

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9. Taking things according to shopping list

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Each child will match the item to the symbol on the list.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10. Done with taking things

Abida & Abir: will check that all items on the list are purchased
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11. In line for billing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12. Finish shopping and we are ready for cooking snack pitha

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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