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Dip and Flip
Dip and Flip
This is a fun way to teach little ones to put on a jacket!
Zipping Practice
Zipping Practice
Materials: clothing items that have a zipper (shirt, jacket, vest), pipe cleaner
Directions: Show the child that there is a slot where the zipper slides into by pushing a pipe cleaner through it. Have the child push and pull a pipe cleaner through the slot on their own just as if they were hooking a zipper together.
*To get extra material out of the way, you can use an unsewn zipper or cut the zipper off an old jacket/clothing item.
Source: http://therapystreetforkids.com/SelfHelp.html
Tips for Buttoning
Tips for Buttoning
Practice putting things through slots, starting with a piggy bank and other narrow slots to push pennies or buttons through, etc.
Push things through slots where you can see it, and handle it, as it goes in one side and comes out the other (click Illustrations for
creating button slots)Lacing cards and stringing beads build the concept of pushing through and pulling out
To get extra fabric out of the way, create a strip of buttons and button holes, or cut off the panel of buttons, button holes and
the collar off of an old shirt (click here for Illustrations)Try "backwards chaining": this is when you model the steps in the process and the child does the last step, then the last 2 steps
and so forth, until they have mastered it all!When buttoning with the garment on the body, it is often easier to align the buttons at the bottom of the shirt and button from
bottom to topButton in front of a mirror. This is especially helpful for managing the top buttons.
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