Unlock Your Child’s Motor Skills with a Fun Montessori Activity: Pouring Equally to Many Containers

As parents, we all want our children to grow up to be healthy and strong. One of the most important aspects of a child’s development is their motor skills. Motor skills are the abilities to move and control the body, and they’re essential for everything from handwriting to playing sports. That’s why it’s so important to find fun and engaging activities that can help your child build these skills. In this blog post, we’ll explore a Montessori-inspired activity that can help your child develop their fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination in a fun and interactive way.

Pouring Equally to Many Containers

Suitable Age: 3+

Materials: 

• A tray consisting of a pitcher
• 2 or 3 glasses (the same or different sizes)
• A small sponge
• A placemat
• A piece of paper towel
• And a bucket for water activities

Direct Aim:

To pour equally to many containers independently

Indirect Aim:

• Refinement of the muscles in the hand and arm
• Concentration
• Hand-eye coordination
• Independence

Presentation/ Child instruction: 

1. Invite the child to get some water for the pitcher.
2. When she returns, the teacher-guide will slowly pick up the jug and carefully pour a small amount into the first glass, using the small sponge to prevent any drips.
3. Try to pour the same amount of water into the second glass using the same procedure.
4. At this point, invite the child to try. The child should be using the same steps when pouring and using the sponge to prevent drips.
5. Once the activity is complete, she may discard the water into the bucket. Dry the glasses using a paper towel.

Point of interest:

• The water
• The glasses
• Pouring liquids

Control of Error: 

• Spilling water
• Pouring too much water in one glass and not enough in the other
• Difficulty pouring from right to left
• Forgetting the way or to use an item

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