Day: October 20, 2022

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THE LIGHT BOX’S MAGIC STORY

THE LIGHT BOX’S MAGIC STORY

MIND IT, THAT’S NOT WITCHCRAFT MAGIC

Light box is an activity and is literally a magic and enchanting

This is a miracle box if you really struggle with a child to sit for an activity

What I mean is , a child who gets fidgety and shows very poor sitting tolerance

This is an innovative idea to be used when the child able to comprehend table top based academic skills like matching , sorting , tracing alphabet and numbers  , easy board games, crayoning , using pegboards , crafts and art making

This miraculous light box acts like a flat table surface.

You can also call this as your child’s /students working station

You are basically creating a visually stimulating but not a distracting table for the child to engage in various activities or tasks as mentioned earlier

Why I AM BEING SO PARTICULAR about this light box

We all know and are aware that children would not be ready to attend a task by themselves

They won’t comply easily to engage in a task

Then why not give them a space that boosts them to get involved

THIS LIGHT BOX CAN HELP TO PROMOTE INTRINSIC MOTIVATION

Intrinsic motivation is simply anything that we do to for our own happiness and not for an external reward

Light box gives a soothing and warm effect to the eyes

Your child would be happy to see create such exciting box for them

This box can be easily made with minimal usage of resources

Are you ready to create one with me?

  1. YOU NEED A BIG TRANSPARENT BOX MADE UP OF TEMPERATURE FRIENDLY PLASTIC THAT HAS A LID OR COVER WHICH IS FLAT
  2. THIS BOX COULD BE SIMILAR TO THOSE YOU USE TO STORE KITCHEN PANTRY STUFF
  3. NEXT GET GOOD QUALITY STRING LIGHTS OF WARM  WHITE  IN COLOR
  4. THIS COLOR WILL NOT BE STRESSFUL TO EYES AND WOULD HELP IN EYE TEAMING
  5. THE COLOR CHOICE WILL HELP YOU TO EASILY SEE ITEMS TO KEEP ABOVE THE LIGHTBOX
  6. NOW YOU CAN CREATE A SMALL HOLE ON THE LOWER SURFACE OF THIS BOX TO PASS THE LIGHT AND YOUR HAND
  7. PLEASE NOTE KEEP THE SWITCH QUITE CLOSE TO THE LOWER SURFACE FOR EASILY MAUEVERING YOUR HAND TO TURN ON AND OFF THE LIGHTS
  8. THE HOLE COULD BE LARGE ENOUGH YOUR BANGLE SIE TO REPLACE WHEN THE WARM LIGHTS WOREN OFF
  9. YOU CAN TAPE THE TOP SURFACE TO ALL THE EDGES OF BOX SO THAT CHILD CAN’T OPEN IT
  10. SEAL THE OPENING BELOW AS WELL SO THAT YOU CAN OPEN IT BUT OBVIOUSLY NOT THE CHILD , HERE YOU HAVE TO ACT AS A SMART MUM

And you are ready to go my dear !!!!!

Well once you show it to your child ,let them explore and have a good look . It is not a good ideas to bombard them with the task at the very first go. Day 2 or even Day 4 is better day and good opportunity to start your goals

Well now that I have written so much , I would treat you with some wonderful pictures to learn and gain ideas for using this miraculous and magical “ LIGHT BOX”

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What lightbox looks like ? you can use to announce a break

Use it for presenting numeracy and literacy worksheets
You can do ample activities like boardgames , playdough, gauging time and so on.

You must think what if my child gets habitual of this magic box and looks for it in school , well you can start a social story “ we can use light box only at home”

Creative efforts and LightBox Experimentor – Heena Sahi