Life B2.4. Dressing Frame - Hooks And Eyes Frame

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PRATICAL-LIFE DEVELOPMENT ALBUM

CARE OF PERSON

B2.4. DRESSING FRAME - HOOKS AND EYES FRAME

MATERIAL:

Hooks and eyes frame.

PREPARATION:

Materials are ready. Invite child. Name activity. Show child the location of material. Child with experiences of the button frame, zipper frame and snap frame is recommended.

PRESENTATION:

1. Carry frame to table and sit down.

2. Grasp top of bottom flap close to eye with left hand, thumb on top, index finger under flap, hold.

3. Grasp side of upper flap close to hook with right hand, thumb under flap, index finger on top.

4. Pull right hand flap to the left to release the hook, fold back.

5. Slide fingers of right hand down the edge to the next hook, fold.

6. Release left hand.

7. Place index finger of left hand next to eye, press down lightly, hold.

8. Pull right hand flap to the left to release hook, fold back.

9. Slide fingers of right hand down the edge to the next hook, hold.

10. Slide index finger of left hand down to the next eye, press down, hold.

11. Pull right hand flap to the left to release hook.

12. Repeat steps 9 through 11 for remainder of hooks and eyes.

13. Open up right hand flap, grasping the center edge with thumb and index finger of right hand.

14. Open up left hand flap, grasping the center edge with thumb and index finger of left hand.

15. Trace around frame.

16. Close left hand flap with left hand, using the grip described above.

17. Close right hand flap with right hand, using grip described above.

18. Smooth out fabric, making certain top and bottom edges are even.

19. Grasp side of upper flap close to the top with thumb and index finger of right hand, flip back to expose hook and eye.

20. With index finger of left hand point first to the hook, then to the eye.

21. Place index finger of left hand next to the eye, press lightly hold.

22. While holding the right hand flap slightly turned back, bring the exposed hook directly over the eye, pulling flap slightly to the left, if necessary.

23. Pull right hand flap to the right to secure the hook in the eye.

24. Slide index finger of left hand down to the next eye, press lightly, hold.

25. Repeat step 20 through 24 for remaining hooks and eyes.

POINTS OF INTEREST:

1. Seeing, feeling and using hooks and eyes.

2. Seeing, feeling color and texture of the fabric.

3. Seeing the hooks and eyes fastened and unfastened.

CONTROL OF ERROR:

1. Hooks and eyes not completely fastened.

2. Eye fastened into the wrong hook.

DIRECT AIMS:

1. Development concentration, cooperation, independent and order.

2. To develop hand and eye coordination.

INDIRECT AIMS:

1. Learning to use hooks and eyes.

2. Learning to dress himself/herself.

3. Learning to care of person.

VOCABULARY:

Hooks, eyes, frame, fabric, flap.

AGE:

3 and up

VARIATION:

1. Using real cloth.