Practical Example - Wrist turning - Dry pouring

Material:
Two containers-cups .one cup half filled with beans, tray,

Work surface:
Table

Presentation:
1. Invite child
2. Select the work and go to the table.
3. Place in front of you.
4. Make the child sit on your subdominant side
5. With your dominant hand take the cup that has beans
6. Hold the cup at the top with your dominant hand and the bottom with the subdominant hand
7. Pour the beans into the empty cup slowly, until the first one is empty.
8. Return the beans back to the original container.
9. You can look inside the cup and say “empty”
10. Check for spilled beans
11. Return work to the shelf
12. Invite child

Extensions and variations:

Use wide mouthed funnel
Use different small handheld objects
Finer material to pour
Containers with handles
Container with spouts
From one container to different containers

Points of interest:

Pour in steady stream
Sound of beans being poured
Empty container
Pick up spilled beans
Emptying the container

Control of error:

Beans left in the container
Spilled beans in the tray/floor
Too much noise

Language:
Beans, empty, pour, cups, tray,
Age:
2 ½ and up

Aims:
OCCI, pouring materials, preparation for reading and writing