A system of facilitating childhood learning uses a select group of familiar domestic articles which are rendered or portrayed or developed as characters in a story. The devices are fastening devices for use on clothes or different apparel articles, selectively including a zipper, a snap, a button, a buckle and a string or a lace. Features of the human being, for instance at least one of eyes, ears, a nose, a mouth, arms or legs are added to the devices. The story is related in a selected media, which can be a book, television or radio rendition, movie, video or cards.