Since most children are visual learners including those who are differently abled of children with special needs, use of stick figures in classroom instruction is essential.
A stick figure is a simple drawing of a person, animal or object which composed of a straight lines, pointed lines, dashes, curves, circles and dots.
In case of human figures, in a stick figure, the head is represented by a circle, while arms, legs and torso are usually represented by straight lines. It is a basic visual-symbolic representation of reality in a semi-concrete way.
These days, stick figures of a large variety of objects and ideas have become a part of pictography as a way of universal communication to create mental images.
The following link and video that shows how a teacher can create a stick figure of a flying bird with letter U of English alphabet.
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