Life A5.2 Making Necklace

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PRATICAL-LIFE DEVELOPMENT ALBUM

ELEMENTARY MOVEMENT

A5.2 MAKING NECKLACE

MATERIALS:

Two plates that equal divided, construct paper that cut into different shapes, like triangle, square, circle and those shapes are punch hole in the middle, different color of straws that cut into 1 inch long a cup, yarn that cut into 15 inch long and a needle.

PREPARATION:

1. Consider the readiness of the child.

2. Check the availability of the materials.

PRESENTATION:

1. Invite the child to do this work, naming the work and point the location of the work.

2. Walk with the child to the table where the material is located.

3. Have the child sit on your sub-dominant hand.

4. Take the needle out and put it on the central of table.

5. Take one yarn string and stretch into a line.

6. Hold the end of yarn string and tie the one end of yarn string.

7. Pick up needle with sub-dominant hand and take the yarn string with sub-dominant hand.

8. Put the yarn string on the front of needle and fold the yarn string one inch place. 9. Hold the needle and string tight and stretch out the needle.

9. Look at the needle hole and push the folding point into the hole.

10. Pull the yarn string out.

11. Hold the needle with yarn string with dominant hand and pick up one straw or construct paper with sub-dominant hand.

12. Thread the needle through the straw or construct paper hole.

13. Repeat steps 13 & 14 until it is enough to make a necklace.

14. When it is finished, pull the needle out of the yarn string and back it back to the cup.

15. Hold both end of yarn stings and tie it together.

CONTROL OF ERROR:

1. Put too much straws or construct paper.

2. Do not put needle into the cup.

3. Another child.

POINTS OF INTEREST:

1. Appearance of materials.

2. Feeling use needle.

3. Seeing make a necklace.

4. Seeing different color of materials.

5. Seeing the yarn string thread through the hole of straw or construct paper.

DIRECT AIMS:

1. Development of O.C.C.I.

2. To development of inner discipline.

3. Development hand and eye coordination.

INDIRECT AIMS:

1. Learning how to use needle.

2. Learning different color and different shapes.

VOCABULARY:

Plate, yarn, needle, straw, the name of shapes, the color of materials and cup.

AGE:

3 and up

VARIATION EXTENSION:

1. Using different shapes.

2. Using sea shells.