On the occasion of festivals, for cultural linkage of learning for children with special needs with mild difficulties, create short special poems and transact them with strategically with pre-decided steps or protocol.
The inset short poem as a mix of Hindi and slant-Sanskrit, which often children love, was created on Basant Panchami festival to be sung with gestures, phonological awareness and visual support for children with special needs.
For children with learning difficulties and mild speech defects use the following strategies
Recite short poems slowly by creating phonological awareness
Recite spelling of new words aloud since it is challenging translating words into their component letters, especially in English teaching.
Using modern technology, make use of touch-typing as repetitive drill-practice of spelling for learning via muscle memory in the hands' fingers to practice 'Touch-type Read and Spell (TRS)' skill Use phrasal outlines for sentence construction to verbally tell stories and organizes well-connected ideas
It is advisable to create special ‘listening and echo-speaking learning package’ for the child with learning difficulties to accommodate him or her since undergoing the designed learning experience takes away the worry of competing with normal children
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