Unlock Your Child’s Motor Skills with a Fun Montessori Activity: Transfer Water to a Soap Saver with an Eye-dropper

As parents, we all want our children to develop their motor skills efficiently. There are numerous activities that can help with this, but finding one that is both fun and educational can be a challenge. Luckily, the Montessori method offers a variety of engaging activities for children that can help them unlock their motor skills. One such activity involves transferring water to a soap saver using an eye-dropper. Not only is this activity enjoyable for children, but it also helps to develop their hand-eye coordination and fine motor skills. In this blog post, we will explore this Montessori activity and how it can benefit your child’s development.

Transfer Water to a Soap Saver with an Eye-dropper

Suitable Age: 3+

Materials: 

• A tray
• An eyedropper
• A soap saver pad
• A small glass filled with colored water
• A placemat
• Paper towel for water activities

Direct Aim:

To be able to use an eyedropper to transfer water onto the soap-saver pads independently

Indirect Aim:

• Refinement of the muscles in the hand
• left to right sequence
• Hand-eye coordination
• Independence
• Fine motor skills

Presentation/ Child instruction: 

1. Invite the child to pick up the eyedropper and unscrew the lid
2. Once the eyedropper has been removed slightly from the bottle, remind the child how he will hold the eyedropper from the tip, using the three-finger grasp, and slowly squeeze the tip allowing water to enter the eyedropper.
3. Slowly insert a drop of water from the eyedropper into a groove of the soap-saver pad. After you have filled a few grooves of the soap-saver pad, invite the child to try it.
4. When all the grooves in the soap saver are filled with drops of water, slowly reach for the sheet of paper towel and carefully place it on top of the soap saver pad, allowing the water to be absorbed by the paper towel.
5. After all, water has been absorbed into the sheet, you have two options: Remove the paper towel, fold it in a special way, and recycle it.
6. Show the child the pattern made by the water in the grooves of the soap saver, allow it to dry, and have him take it home or place it with his belongings.
7. Once this task has been completed, invite the child to do the activity again if he wishes.

Point of interest:

• The use of an eyedropper, the colored water used, and the pattern made on the paper towel

Control of Error: 

• Spilling the drops
• Adding too many drops
• Difficulty to fill the eyedropper
• Forgetting to replenish the paper towel
• Difficulty filling each groove in the soap saver

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