Clips Frame

The Clips Frame isolates a single act of dressing: opening a clip and closing it again. Both hands work at the same time, so finger strength, the pincer grip and the left to right order that later carries handwriting all grow together. The frame is carried flat to a table, every clip is released in turn and then fastened again before the work goes back on the shelf. An unfastened clip shows at a glance, which means a three year old checks the work alone and takes the skill straight to a real jacket. It sits in the practical life area alongside the other dressing frames, the buttons, bows and laces a child moves on to.