SELF- HELP GARMENTS FOR THE PRESCHOOLERS
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1988
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ACHARYA N.G. RANGA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY, RAJENDRANAGAR, HYDERABAD
Abstract
Development of personality characteristics such as
independence, self reliance, initiative and judgement in the preschool
children is encouraged by self-dressing. Clothing which help self dressing
are called 'self-help' garments. Though fashion garments
nre nvoilahle, simple 'self-help' garments ploy no role in the
preschool children's clothing market. Hence, the present study was
U11derluke11 lo uludy llle clulhirrg preferences and clolhing problems of
preschoolers. The main objective was to design 'self-help • garments
fur preschoolers and to evaluate their suitability to the purpose •ror lhe purpose uf sludyiny lhe clolhing problems and
preferences of preschoolers a questionnaire was developed and
administered to 50 mothers having preschool children. The observation
reveal~d that frocks with half sleeves and pedal pushers posed problems
while dressingdressing boys.and those whogirls and T-shirt and pants
Most mothers were not aware of
were Aware were Home Science
posed problems while'self-help ' garments
C)raciuntes.
The study revealed that in moBt instances the parents did not
take their children n.long for shnppi.n(]. The children needed
as~is r ance in most aupects or dressing and il was moslly the older
children who could dress by themselves with just a little assistance.
Girls needed more assislance in dressing than boys. Among the
fasteners, the children could manipulate zippers, large buttons, press
buttons and elasticated garments. The dress features preferred by
mothers for their children were pockets, gathers, ruffles, laces and
animation in clothing. Children preferred clothing similar to that
of parents, play mates and school mates.
As a part of the study patterns were designed for the four
rJarmenls posing problems and for ench garment five patterns were
selected by the judl)es for construction. By the help of questionnaire
the garments were evaluated while children dr~s!1ed and undressed. A
panel of five judges evaluated formn lly the extent of assistance
necessary to help the children dress and the mothers informally
evaluated the improvement of the childron in dressing over five
repeated trials. The appearance of the garment s was evaluated by
fifty mothers with the help of a questionnaire.
The results of formal evaluation revealed that all aspects of
dressing and
when aidedundressing could be easily achieved by preschool children
with a few suggestions. The results of the informal
evaluation revealed that over repeated trials great improvement was
seen in the preschool childrens' ability to dress and undress and by
the end of five trials no suggestions were necessitated to aid the
childrens' dressing. There was a progressive reduction in time taken
for dressing and undressing over repeated trials.
Children
undressing but
comprehend thesome girls hadcould easily achieve all aspects of dressing and
more suggestions were necessary to help the children
convenient way to wear the dress. Among girls clothing
found inserting of arm into the second sleeve of
dresses with front opening a little difficult. Fastening of buttons
was achieved more easily by boys as compared to girls. The comfort
and fit of all garments was found to be good and undressing was
achieved more easily than dressing.
The velcro, snap, button, zipper and buckle fasteners were all
easily manipulated. The dresses with front opening among girls'
garments were initially found difficult to wear them. The frock and
blouse with elasticated neck and waist among girls~ garments were in the
first attempts difficult to wear as they got stuck around the crown,
but on practice the children could wear them easily.
grip of the fastener and thus fasten the garment. Velcro fasteners
were very easy to manipulate as they did not require much skill.
Buckle and snap fasteners were easily manipulated by the children.
The dresses wjlh long1 centre front zipper could be easily
dressed and undressed. Un practice surplice opening dresses were
easily worn by the children. Girls were not used to front opening, but
on repeated Lrjals, they could easily ntcmipuJule rrottt opening
dresses. Dresses wjlh elasLicoled rteck ond wui~L wore easily worn by
he children but more efforl was r1ecessary. Dresses wlthoul plackel at
,,eck had to be worn from <Jilove the hend nnd were compnrat.ively mnrr.
difficult than dresses with placket .
lhe appearance of aJl the garments was appreciated, all the
garments were considered suitable to play and all the garments were
opined by mothers as easy to cnre fol'. The rt:>sull s t.hun revealed l·.h;lt
all the uesigrwd garmenls facililul.ed Bell dreUBllllj by 5 lu
old preschool children.
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SELF- HELP, GARMENTS, PRESCHOOLERS,