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Practical Life In the Montessori Classroom-Pouring & Spooning

11/11/2016

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Pouring exercises
Pouring exercises
Spooning exercisesSpooning exercises
The joy and quiet excitement of every rice grain being transferred from one jug to the other.  The Practical Life materials offer a chance for self satisfying accomplishments.  The simple exercises of transferring pasta or beans between jugs or containers allows me a great sense of confidence when I am ready to pour coloured water between vessels.  Think of the self confidence component.  Usually, as adults, we steer children clear of water that can spill and need cleaning up.  Here, almost unbelievably, adults are encouraging me to pour!  All by myself!  Over and over again to my heart’s content!  And…I can even do it again tomorrow – getting better and better at it every time.

The pouring exercises both dry and wet, while once again allowing encouragement of a typically adult activity, encourage finger strength, dexterity, left to right reinforcement, organizational skills and the always important tidy preparation of the tray for the friend who will have the next turn.

Sponging & wringing exercises
Sponging & wringing exercises
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    Nicola Phillips is a Montessori Directress and owner of MLCP.

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