Life B2.2. Dressing Frame - Zipper Frame
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PRATICAL-LIFE DEVELOPMENT ALBUM

CARE OF PERSON

B2.2. DRESSING FRAME - ZIPPER FRAME


MATERIALS:

Zipper dressing frame

PREPARATION:

Materials are ready. Invite child. Name activity. Show child were material is located.

PRESENTATION:

1. Bring frame to table and sit down. (zipper pull at top)

2. Observe work.

3. Point to zipper pull at top and show the pull can flip back and forth.

4. Grasp pull with index finger and thumb. (dominant hand) Hold fabric in place (sub- dominant hand) with thumb on top and index finger underneath.

5. Pull zipper down to bottom until it stops. Show it will go no further. Put zipper pull down.

6. Release both hands. Observe work.

7. Grasp fabric on left and zipper bottom (sub-dominant hand) with index finger underneath and thumb on zipper bottom, and hold.

8. . Push up (dominant hand) to release right side of zipper from bottom.

9. Release both hands. Observe work.

10. Fold back each flap of material as in step 11 and 12 of the buttoning frame.

11. Trace as in step 13 of buttoning frame.

12. Fold flaps back in place, one at a time.

13. Pick up zipper pull and move down as far as it will go in track.

14. Grasp metal parts on left hand side (sub-dominant hand).

15. Point to hole in carrier on the left and then to metal tip of zipper on right.

16. Grasp bottom of right hand flap near zipper (dominant hand) with index finger on bottom, thumb on top.

17. Insert tip into carrier on left and pull down firmly as far as it will go.

18. Still hold both bottom metal zipper parts with sub-dominant hand.

19. Grasp zipper pull (dominant hand) and pull up to top of zipper.

20. Release both hands. Observe work.

21. Invite child to repeat.

CONTROL OF ERROR:

1. Not being able to release tip from bottom metal zipper part.

2. Not being able to insert tip in bottom metal zipper part.

3. Gap in zipper.

4. Tracks not meeting.

5. Opening flaps when zipper is still attached at bottom.

6. Material not restored to original state.

POINTS OF INTEREST

1. Sound of zipper moving up and down track.

2. Moving zipper pull back and forth.

3. Seeing hole in carrier.

4. Seeing and placing tip in carrier.

5. Pulling zipper down until it stops,

6. Using a real zipper.

7. Watching teeth mesh as zipper is used correctly.

DIRECT AIMS:

Order, concentration, coordination, independence, developing positive self-concept.

INDIRECT AIMS:

Learning to use a zipper, learning to take care of own needs, learning to take care of clothes.

VOCABULARY:

Zipper, pull, carrier, track, tip, pull (verb), zip.

AGE:

2.5 years to 5 years old.

VARIATIONS/EXTENSIONS:

1. Busy board or busy book.

2. Doll with zippers on clothes.

3. Using different kinds of zippers (skirt zippers, zippers with big teeth and pulls, plastic zippers etc.)

4. Using zippers in other areas.

5. Zipping clothes.


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