ABSTRACT
Introduction: Child's theatre represents one of the most important educational medium, tool, and art affecting all his life stages. Puppets' theatre is a modern educational means and exciting source of attraction for children in general and children with learning disabilities in particular. The current study sheds lights on the potentials of puppets theatre in attempt to utilize its potentialities in developing some sensomotor skills of children with learning disabilities
Problem: It is defined in the following inquiry What is the effectiveness of using the puppet theatre for developing some sensomotor skills among children with learning disabilities?
Significance: The current study assists those children through some programs for developing the sensomotor skills to treat and develop their potentials; through designing a collection of puppets which are attractive and enjoyable for children to develop their skills
Objectives: The study checks out the effectiveness of using the puppet theatre in developing the sensomotor skills of children with learning disabilities
Population and Sample: Thirty children [Male/ Females] are selected from mental education schools in Cairo governorate, aged [9-15] year olds, divided into two equal groups, the control and the experimental, whose 1Q ranges [70-90], with fixed socio-economic level
Type and Method: It uses the experimental method
Tools: The designed Program for measuring efficacy of participation in using puppets' theatre for developing some sensomotor skills among children with learning disabilities [By Researcher], and A Scale of measuring the sensomotor skills [By Researcher]
Results: Regarding the first hypothesis, it is not proved as there exist significant statistical differences between the average scores of the control and the experimental group, post use of the program, in favor of the experimental group, and There are no significant statistical differences between the average scores of the experimental group students due to the socio-economic level, in favor of the middle socio-economic level, so, it is not proved