Setting the Stage for Tactile Understanding - American Printing ...

• Review other types of clothing fasteners (buttons, ties, snaps, buckles, laces,boots, etc.)• The zipper was a 19th century invention and was first introduced at the ChicagoWorld’s Fair in 1893 [Source: http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aa082497.htm]. If possible, visit a museum or consignment shop that displaysvintage clothing and allow the child to become familiar with various fashionstyles and fasteners from the past.• Read I Wonder Why Zippers Have Teeth and Other Questions about Inventionsby Barbara Taylor, Kingfisher Books, 2003, or Mrs.Toggle’s Zipper by RobinPulver and R. W. Alley (Illustrator), Simon and Schuster, 1990.• Help the child to problem-solve a jammed zipper or bring two halves of azipper (as on a jacket) together.• Discuss how we use the word “zip” in our daily language...cars or people ziparound, we have zip codes, there are computer zip files, we buy Ziploc ® bags,etc. What does the word tend to infer [with quickness or speed]?44 Showtime