Life B2.7. Dressing Frame - Safety Pin Frame
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CARE OF PERSON

B2.7. DRESSING FRAME - SAFETY PIN FRAME


MATERIALS:

Safety pin frame.

PREPARATION:

Child has practiced with clothespins, knobs, and other dressing frames. Invite child. Show where materials is located. Name activity.

PRESENTATION:

1. Bring frame to table. Have heads of pins pointed to sub-dominant side.

2. Grasp top edge of pin head with thumb and index finger of sub-dominant hand. Pull pin over to left.

3. Place index finger (dominant hand) on top bar of pin with thumb under bottom bar of pin.

4. Pinch, squeezing fingers together lifting bottom bar over pin latch. Release slowly.

5. Remove pin by grasping spring with thumb and index finger (dominant hand). Pull pin to right.

6. Place opened point at tip of table above frame, on upper left.

7. Repeat steps 2 through 6 for remaining pins.

8. Open one set of flaps, the next set of flaps. Trace. Close first set of flaps and last set of flaps. (Right hand flaps on top).

9. Grasp both pieces of material (flaps) near top of frame, with thumb and index fingers of sub-dominant hand.

10. Pick up pin (first one in row on left) by holding the spring, with thumb and index fingers (dominant hand).

11. Point bottom bar at a right angle into flaps: push into material about 1/3 way in.

12. Now swing and push bottom bar up through material.

13. Slide pin as far over to left as it will go.

14. Release both hands.

15. Grasp pin head with thumb and index finger of sub-dominant hand.

16. Place index finger of dominant hand on top bar of pin, thumb under bottom bar.

17. Pinch and press (dominant hand) fingers together, moving bottom bar up and over catch.

18. Release hands.

19. Grasp spring and slide pin over, centering it.

20. Grasp bottom of top flaps as in step 9.

21. Continue steps 19 through 20 for next pin.

22. Continue steps 9 through 21 for remaining two safety pins.

23. Replace materials.

CONTROL OF ERROR:

1. Two flats not fastened together.

2. Flaps of materials not aligned.

3. Pin opened.

4. Pins not used horizontally.

5. Not being able to release bottom bar from latch.

6. Not being able to press bottom bar over latch.

POINTS OF INTEREST:

1. Opening the pins.

2. Seeing and moving bottom bar up and over latch.

3. Noticing different parts of safety pin.

4. Using safety pins.

5. Seeing both flaps of material pinned together.

6. Closing pins.

DIRECT AIMS:

Order, concentration, coordination, independence, small muscle development, eye-hand coordination

INDIRECT AIMS:

Learning to use safety pins, learning to dress independently. Language: Safety pin, latch, pin head, spring, bottom and top bars, pin, press, pinch Ages: Four years old and up

VARIATIONS/EXTENSIONS:

1. Using different sizes of pins, e.g. diaper pins, tiny pins etc.

2. Making jewelry using pins.

3. Using safety pin to fasten apron strings together.


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