children's project ideas?
Joan K. Cestaro
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Collection
Title:
children's project ideas?
Creator:
Joan K. Cestaro
Date:
1/26/2003
Text:
I have been asked by my son's kindergarten teacher to do a class
presentation on What I Do. I don't want to do something too
overwhelming for 5 year olds and I'm sure that I will do this yearly, so
I want to keep things fun and age appropriate. I am considering making
alginate impressions of their thumbs and filling the molds for them with
laminate. I can put a washer in the top of the mold to make a key
chain. I have done this several times in the past for my own children
and used acrylic resin to obtain a rigid mold. We manufacture using
thermoplastics and do not laminate at all. I am not familiar with many
of the silicone based products and am asking for opinions on materials
to use that will provide a life-like feel yet be durable enough for this
project.
Secondly, does anyone have other suggestions on a fun prosthetic project
that I can do with 13 five year olds in the confines of a classroom?
Fun, fun!!!
Joan K. Cestaro, C.P.
RPI- Virginia
presentation on What I Do. I don't want to do something too
overwhelming for 5 year olds and I'm sure that I will do this yearly, so
I want to keep things fun and age appropriate. I am considering making
alginate impressions of their thumbs and filling the molds for them with
laminate. I can put a washer in the top of the mold to make a key
chain. I have done this several times in the past for my own children
and used acrylic resin to obtain a rigid mold. We manufacture using
thermoplastics and do not laminate at all. I am not familiar with many
of the silicone based products and am asking for opinions on materials
to use that will provide a life-like feel yet be durable enough for this
project.
Secondly, does anyone have other suggestions on a fun prosthetic project
that I can do with 13 five year olds in the confines of a classroom?
Fun, fun!!!
Joan K. Cestaro, C.P.
RPI- Virginia
Citation
Joan K. Cestaro, “children's project ideas?,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 5, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/220306.
