Talking alone will not give a clear picture to the mentally handicapped. Children can cut figures from magazines to make their own visual stories. Puppetry is also great for the handicapped child. It helps them to become members of a group and to adjust socially to other children. With the use of puppets, the child can take on a new identity.
Puppetry can also help the teacher to understand any of the child's behavior problems.
The puppets can be used to tell a story, sing a song, or even get a child to cooperate. The teacher needs to pick the crafts for the intellectually impaired very carefully. Each one should serve a purpose. Each one should be a reinforcement to the lesson that is being taught. Twenty years ago there were virtually no classes for the intellectually impaired.