Life B2.5. Dressing Frame - Buckle Dressing Frame
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PRATICAL-LIFE DEVELOPMENT ALBUM

CARE OF PERSON

B2.5. DRESSING FRAME - BUCKLE DRESSING FRAME


MATERIALS:

Buckling frame

PREPARATION:

Child has practiced with the button frame, zipper frame, snap frame and hook and eye frame. Material is ready. Invite child. Show child where materials is located. Name activity.

PRESENTATION:

1. Carry frame to table. Sit. Place frame so that straps point to the right.

2. Point to the top buckle. Hold buckle with sub-dominant hand using thumb and index finger.

3. Grasp strap with index finger and thumb of dominant hand.

4. Push strap to left, under roller of buckle, making a loop.

5. Hook index finger under loop (dominant hand) one thumb on top. Release strap all the way form roller.

6. Release both hands and observe.

7. Grasp strap (sub-dominant hand) holding it between thumb and index finger.

8. Hold buckle with dominant hand as in step 2.

9. Pull strap back to left, releasing prong.

10. Use index finger now of dominant hand to lift prong up and out of hole. Move prong to right.

11. Release both hands. Observe work.

12. Continue steps 2 through 11 for remaining buckles.

13. Open flaps. Trace inside. (Buckle flap first, straps on top)

14. Hold buckle with thumb and index finger of dominant hand.

15. Grasp strap with thumb and index finger of sub-dominant hand. Insert tip of strap under buckle and push in.

16. Release both hands. Observe.

17. Grasp strap as in step 7 and pull back to left.

18. Point to hole in strap (dominant hand). Flip prong over and place in hole.

19. Release hands. Observe.

20. Pick up strap (sub-dominant hand) between index finger and thumb.

21. Hold buckle in dominant hand, between index finger and thumb.

22. Insert tip of strap under roller bar and push in. Continue to push until buckle strap lies flat.

23. Release and observe.

24. Repeat above steps 14 to 23 for remaining buckles.

25. Replace work.

CONTROL OF ERROR:

1. Not being able to release prong.

2. Not being able to slip strap under roller bar.

3. Not being able to un-do any buckler.

4. Straps not placed back under roller bars.

5. Prong not in hole.

POINTS OF INTEREST:

1. Seeing prong come out of hole.

2. Making a loop with the strap.

3. Seeing straps free of buckler.

4. Using the buckler correctly.

5. Placing prong in the hole.

DIRECT AIMS:

Coordination, concentration, order, independence, developing fine muscle movements.

INDIRECT AIMS:

Learning to buckle and unbuckle, learning to dress independently, learning to use belt buckles.

VOCABULARY:

Buckle, strap, prong, hole, roller bar, (verbs - buckle and unbuckle)

AGE:

3 years and up.

VARIATIONS/EXTENSIONS

1. Using buckles to fasten on an apron, a heavy one for carpentry work or shoe polishing.

2. Clamps on a rain coat.


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