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12. KEEPING TEACHING AIDS SIMPLE, SO THAT STUDENTS CAN MAKE THEIR
OWN FOR TEACHING IN THEIR COMMUNITIES
Example: Cardboard babies
A set of life-size ‘babies’ cut out of cardboard
can be used for teaching many things in many
ways.
The ‘babies’ should be drawn and colored to
look as lifelike as possible. If students find it hard
to draw realistically, they can copy or trace the
program’s teaching models.
Ways of using the cardboard babies:
(1) On flannel-boards. You can paste flannel on
the backs of the cardboard babies, and use them
for many different flannel-board presentations.
Here the babies are shown with different kinds
of worms. The worms and the labels are also cut
out of cardboard. (For other flannel-board ideas,
see the Index.)
(2) In role playing. For classroom learning, health
workers can act out the diagnosis, treatment, and
prevention of different health problems. The use of
cardboard babies makes the role plays more fun and
more realistic. (See Chapter 14.)
(3) For public plays and farmers’ theater. The cardboard babies can be used on
stage instead of real babies. See the play on “The Importance of Breast Feeding,”
page 27-31.