Pouring water From Pitcher to Pitcher MONTESSORI Practical Life Lesson

Pouring Water: from Pitcher to Pitcher
Age: 2 1/2 -3
Direct Purpose:
Control and coordination of movement
Independence
Point Of Interest:
The sound of water
Not spilling the water


Material:
Tray
2 Identical Pitcher
Small cloth or sponge
Protector

Presentation:
Invite a child to a shelf
Introduce the name of the activity
Have the child carry the tray to the table, the guide will carry the protector
Sit down like the usual manner
Unroll the  protector as usual manner
Put the left pitcher on the left and right pitcher on the right, small clothe on the middle of the pitcher
Place the ring back on the tray
Place the pitcher facing tip to tip to each other
Lift the right pitcher by the handle with your dominant hand and hold the other side with your other hand,
Pour the water slowly and continuously to the pitcher on the left
Repeat the movement, pour the water back to the right pitcher
We could stop here and invite the child to do the activity
Put back the pitchers back on the tray
Check together with the child if there is drop of water on the protector and clean them with the small cloth. If the small clothe too wet, dry it outside on a hanger
Have the child to put back the tray first and come back to the table and put back the protector (because in this activity, the protector does not fit in the tray)
Invite the child to do the activity as many times as he wants

Note:
If the pitcher allow the last drop total than we have to wait until the last drop fall, if not then we have to dry the spot with a small clothe

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