Dressing Frame: Buttons

Presentation

1
Invite the child and carry the large-button frame to a table, the buttons facing up.
2
Start at the top button. Hold the fabric edge near the buttonhole with your non-dominant thumb and index finger.
3
With the other hand, push the button halfway through the hole from underneath, tilting it. Tilting the button is the difficulty isolated here.
4
Pull the button through from the top. Continue down the row, one at a time.
5
Open the two flaps fully, left then right.
6
Close the flaps, right then left, so the buttonholes lie over the buttons.
7
Button from the top: hold the button, push it through the hole, and pull the fabric over it.
8
Run your fingers down the closed row. Invite the child to try, then return the frame.

A buttonhole left empty or a button in the wrong hole leaves the fabric uneven at the bottom.

Many classrooms offer a Velcro frame before the button frames for the youngest children.