Hello my friends!

I need help.

Does anyone have any strategies for teaching a kiddo/person how to unpack a package. Starting with getting into the package (cutting the tape, ripping it, pulling a tab) and then systematically unpacking/sorting/familiarizing?

I want to build this skill now so the kiddo can maximize his independence and decrease passivity and sense of entitlement.

Thank you.

Kevin

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When I was doing training for another agency, we used a game called Peanut butter and Jelly sandwich. The game goes something like this. Put all of the items needed to make the sandwich on a table, have someone act as the instructor and another person to act as the student. The instructor is to give very literal step by step instructions to the student, as if they were from another planet.  Ie, pick up the bag, with the bread in it, put it in your left hand so that the end with the twist tie is facing up, use your right hand to twist the tie to the left until it comes off of the bag. set the bag on the table with the open end facing up, with your right hand take 2 slices of bread and lift them out of the bag, put them on the round white plate, and so on.
It is fun and can be used for any learning task. It can be done between 2 people or part of a group.  Sometimes I would act as the student and ask the students to give me directions, following exactly what they said. So if they said put the peanut butter on the bread and the jelly on top of the peanut butter, I would set the bag of bread down, put the jar of peanut butter on top of it and the jar of jelly on top of the peanut butter jar.
The game helps students really think about the steps needed to accomplish a given task. It is also quite fun.

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Kevin,
That's a GREAT skill to have! Having only taught how to do that with letters, I think I'd start with teaching the how's and why's to using different tapes, boxes, packaging materials, etc. and then proceed to learning how to open them after that. It sounds like a fun endeavor.

Marjie

On Tue, Apr 11, 2017 at 10:00 AM, HOLLINGER, KEVIN <Kevin.Hollinger@fhsdschools.orgmailto:Kevin.Hollinger@fhsdschools.org> wrote:

Hello my friends!

I need help.

Does anyone have any strategies for teaching a kiddo/person how to unpack a package. Starting with getting into the package (cutting the tape, ripping it, pulling a tab) and then systematically unpacking/sorting/familiarizing?

I want to build this skill now so the kiddo can maximize his independence and decrease passivity and sense of entitlement.

Thank you.

Kevin
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Fun!
What about teaching an individual to open the box – clear tape and the ‘string packing tape’ are giving us fits. My student and I learned how to fold the flaps (front, left, back, right, pull front corner) to keep a box closed after it was opened, which was highly successful.
K

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When I was doing training for another agency, we used a game called Peanut butter and Jelly sandwich. The game goes something like this. Put all of the items needed to make the sandwich on a table, have someone act as the instructor and another person to act as the student. The instructor is to give very literal step by step instructions to the student, as if they were from another planet.  Ie, pick up the bag, with the bread in it, put it in your left hand so that the end with the twist tie is facing up, use your right hand to twist the tie to the left until it comes off of the bag. set the bag on the table with the open end facing up, with your right hand take 2 slices of bread and lift them out of the bag, put them on the round white plate, and so on.
It is fun and can be used for any learning task. It can be done between 2 people or part of a group.  Sometimes I would act as the student and ask the students to give me directions, following exactly what they said. So if they said put the peanut butter on the bread and the jelly on top of the peanut butter, I would set the bag of bread down, put the jar of peanut butter on top of it and the jar of jelly on top of the peanut butter jar.
The game helps students really think about the steps needed to accomplish a given task. It is also quite fun.

From: AERNet [mailto:aernet-bounces@lists.aerbvi.org] On Behalf Of Marjie W
Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2017 12:07 AM
To: HOLLINGER, KEVIN <Kevin.Hollinger@fhsdschools.orgmailto:Kevin.Hollinger@fhsdschools.org>
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Subject: Re: [AERNet] unpacking AT / materials

Kevin,
That's a GREAT skill to have! Having only taught how to do that with letters, I think I'd start with teaching the how's and why's to using different tapes, boxes, packaging materials, etc. and then proceed to learning how to open them after that. It sounds like a fun endeavor.

Marjie

On Tue, Apr 11, 2017 at 10:00 AM, HOLLINGER, KEVIN <Kevin.Hollinger@fhsdschools.orgmailto:Kevin.Hollinger@fhsdschools.org> wrote:

Hello my friends!

I need help.

Does anyone have any strategies for teaching a kiddo/person how to unpack a package. Starting with getting into the package (cutting the tape, ripping it, pulling a tab) and then systematically unpacking/sorting/familiarizing?

I want to build this skill now so the kiddo can maximize his independence and decrease passivity and sense of entitlement.

Thank you.

Kevin
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