Button Frame: Difference between revisions
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== Variations and Extensions == | == Variations and Extensions == | ||
* button frames with large and small buttons are available | |||
===Button Snake=== | ===Button Snake=== | ||
A fun variation on the button frame is a button snake or felt snake. You will need a ribbon with a button sewn at one end, and squares of felt with button holes cut to match the size of the button. The button is pushed through the hole in a felt square, and then you slide the square down the ribbon. | A fun variation on the button frame is a button snake or felt snake. You will need a ribbon with a button sewn at one end, and squares of felt with button holes cut to match the size of the button. The button is pushed through the hole in a felt square, and then you slide the square down the ribbon. | ||
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*: Source: [http://countingcoconuts.blogspot.com/2009/10/button-snake.html Counting Coconuts] | *: Source: [http://countingcoconuts.blogspot.com/2009/10/button-snake.html Counting Coconuts] | ||
*The felt can be cut into different shapes: | *The felt can be cut into different shapes: | ||
*: [[File:Counting Coconuts heart button snake.JPG|250px]] | *:[[File:Counting Coconuts heart button snake.JPG|250px]] | ||
*: Source: [http://countingcoconuts.blogspot.com/2011/01/on-our-shelves-february.html Counting Coconuts] | *:Source: [http://countingcoconuts.blogspot.com/2011/01/on-our-shelves-february.html Counting Coconuts] | ||
==Material== | ==Material== | ||
Revision as of 19:53, 18 November 2013
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| Practical Life - Care of the Person | |
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| Level | Primary |
| Age | 3 - 5 |
| Prerequisites | Grasping Transfer |
| Materials | Button Frame |
In this activity the child learns how to button and unbutton.
Presentation
- Take the button frame to a table or mat.
- Pinch the button in the right hand and pull the button-hole open with the left hand.
- Guide the button half-way through the button-hole.
- Pull back the fabric and take the button out the rest of the way.
- Do the same with the rest of the buttons.
- To close the buttons, push half of the button through the button-hole.
- Pull the button with the right hand and pull the button-hole open with the left to allow the button to pass through.
Points of Interest
Control of Error
Variations and Extensions
- button frames with large and small buttons are available
Button Snake
A fun variation on the button frame is a button snake or felt snake. You will need a ribbon with a button sewn at one end, and squares of felt with button holes cut to match the size of the button. The button is pushed through the hole in a felt square, and then you slide the square down the ribbon.
- You can sew a button at one end and glue a felt square near the other end:
- Source: Jonah Lisa Land
- You can also sew a button on both ends of the ribbon:
- Source: What Did We Do All Day?
- You can also sew the end of the ribbon in a loop:
- Source: Counting Coconuts
- The felt can be cut into different shapes:
- Source: Counting Coconuts
Material
Make Your Own
Where to Buy
(For sets of dressing frames and stands see Dressing Frames.)
Large Buttons
Adena $9.62
Affordable Montessori $15.00 (for toddlers)
Affordable Montessori $12.00
Albanesi $50.00
Alison's $12.00 (for toddlers)
Alison's $15.00
Alison's $25.00
Bruins $27.00
Cabdev $33.00
Caliber $8.99
Creative Learning $9.95
E & O $27.00
Juliana $50.40
Kid Advance $9.99
Montessori Concepts $9.00
Montessori Land $19.00
Montessori Outlet $10.95
Nienhuis $39.40
Small Buttons
Adena $9.91
Affordable Montessori $12.00
Albanesi $50.00
Alison's $15.00
Alison's $15.00
Alison's $25.00
Bruins $27.00
Cabdev $33.00
Caliber $8.99
Creative Learning $9.95
E & O $27.00
Grandpas $10.50
Juliana $51.80
Kid Advance $9.99
Montessori Concepts $9.00
Montessori Land $19.00
Montessori Outlet $10.95
Nienhuis $39.40
Elastic Buttons
Alison's $15.00
Further Reading
- Basic Montessori: Learning Activities for Under-fives by David Gettman, pages 44-46
- Teaching Montessori in the Home: The Pre-School Years by Elizabeth G. Hainstock, pages 23, 91
