Practical Life Example - Sorting - Rough and Smooth ( Shells)

Materials:
Wooden box, rough and smooth shells, rough and smooth label cards, tray.

Work Surface:
Rug

Presentation:
1. Invite child
2. Wash and dry your hands
3. Go to shelf and bring material
4. Open box and place on bottom of your subdominant side
5. With dominant hand take out shells from the box, one by one and place it on the right side of the box.
6. Take the rough label card, read out loud and keep it on the upper left side of the rug.
7. Take the smooth label card, read out loud and keep it to the right side of the rug
8. Take a shell and hold it in your sub dominant hand. With your dominant hand stroke and feel the texture of the shell
9. If rough say “rough” and put it under the label that says rough.
10. If smooth say “smooth” and put it under the label that says smooth
11. Repeat the same with the rest of the shells till all the shells are sorted by rough and smooth
12. Admire
13. Return shells one by one into the box.
14. Return the work to the shelf
15. Invite the child

Extensions/Variations:
1. Different objects-rocks, fabrics, wooden blocks
2. Sort rough and smooth with blind folded

Points of interest:
1. Different types of shells
2. Taking the shells out of the box
3. Holding it in the hands
4. Sorting

Control of error:
1. Tactile disharmony

Language:
Rough and smooth, shell

Age:
3 and up

Aims:
OCCI, tactile discrimination