Practical Life works- One to One Correspondence

Materials:
· Knobbed Whelk Shells for each divided section in the ice cube
· Shell shaped ice cube tray
· Plastic tongs
· A container to hold the shells
· A tray

Work Surface:
Table

Presentations:

· Invite child/group
· Select work from the shelf and place it on the table
· Place the work in front of you on the table
· Invite the child to sit on your sub –dominant side.
· Use your dominant hand and pick up the tongs
· Examine tension and hand position by opening and closing.
· Open the tongs and pick up the shells
· Place object into one of the empty sections in the ice cube tray.
· Repeat this action until each section has one object and none of the sections is empty.
· Admire the work.
· Remove each object individually with pincer grasp and replace into the container.
· Invite child/group.
· Replace the work on the shelf.

Extensions/Variations:

· Different types of tongs
· Chop sticks
· Tweezers
· Meat baler
· Pincer grasp
· Different divided tray

Points of interest:
· Picking up shells
· Releasing the shells
· Placing them in the ice cube tray
· Each object has its own place

Control of Error:
· Dropping shells on the tray
· Tongs can be too loose or too tight
· Exact number of objects for number of spaces

Language:
Tongs, squeeze, tight, release, transfer, left, right, objects, Ice cube tray, shells

Age:
2 ½ & up

Aims:
OCCI. Learning to use tongs and tweezers, writing preparation.