Montessori Activities

Teach Your Child Responsibility and Boost Confidence with this Simple Daily Task: Setting the Table

As parents, we all want our children to grow up to be responsible and confident adults. However, it can be difficult to know how to instill these values in them from a young age. One simple daily task that can help with this is setting the table. Not only does it teach responsibility, but it can also boost your child’s confidence and help them feel like a valuable member of the family. In this blog, we’ll explore the benefits of having your child set the table and how you can make it a fun and enjoyable activity for the whole family.

Setting the Table

Suitable Age: 2 1/2+

Materials: 

  • The tray consists of a glass
  • A napkin
  • A napkin ring
  • Cutlery
  • A 3 – 5 piece dish set
  • 1 placemat ( withdrawing or outline on one side where the setting should be placed, and no outline on the opposite side)

Direct Aim:

  • To set a table independently

Indirect Aim:

  • Refining of the muscles in the hand
  • Concentration
  • Hand-eye coordination
  • Independence
  • Order of sequence

Presentation/ Child instruction: 

Teach Your Child Responsibility and Boost Confidence with this Simple Daily Task: Setting the Table
Teach Your Child Responsibility and Boost Confidence with this Simple Daily Task: Setting the Table
  1. Once in front of the table, show the child where to put the placemat (in the center of the table). Go back to the shelf and invite her to bring the tray to the table.
  2. Show to place the tray slightly above the placemat. This will allow her full visibility of what is being shown and easy access to the items needed on the tray.
  3. Begin to place one item at a time in the proper place according to the drawing on the placemat.
  4. After approx. the third item has been placed onto the placemat, invite the child to try.
  5. Once all items have been used and set onto the placemat, invite the child to try the task on her own.
  6. If the child accepts, the items should be placed back onto the tray so she may complete the activity. If she declines, place the items back onto the tray and invite her to bring them back to their original place on the shelf.

Point of interest:

  • The fine china, colors in the china and place mat, the glass, cutlery, and being able to set the table at home or for snack time

Control of Error: 

  • Reversing the placemat or using no placemat
  • incorrect positioning of the item (s)
  • Incorrect superimposition on the placemat

>> Read more: Teach Your Child Responsibility and Boost Confidence with this Simple Daily Task: Cleaning Mirrors and Glass

Ý kiến bình luận