09-14-2016, 04:25 AM
It did work -- it wasn't a group of deaf students, just one student at a time in a class full of regular-hearing students, so the student also had a sign interpreter. In fact it worked well for all the students, and it was repeatable.
On the f and p -- the f was the touch of the wool, the p was pulling it apart. Puff. I had to write lines with alliteration and assonance, obviously. Vowels are fun, especially oo -- stretching the hands and then finishing with whatever sound came next, so it became a drama game. We ended up with something like a soundscape.
It was silly, and a bit messy, but kids laughed and that's always a win for me. We also did a bit of painting of sounds but that wasn't quite as successful.
On the f and p -- the f was the touch of the wool, the p was pulling it apart. Puff. I had to write lines with alliteration and assonance, obviously. Vowels are fun, especially oo -- stretching the hands and then finishing with whatever sound came next, so it became a drama game. We ended up with something like a soundscape.
It was silly, and a bit messy, but kids laughed and that's always a win for me. We also did a bit of painting of sounds but that wasn't quite as successful.
It could be worse