practical life exercise

POURING WITH A FUNNEL

a small tea pot or container with a handle half full with water
one or two small plastic bottles
a small funnel
a piece of cloth to dry any spilleage

the child has to pour the water through the funnel, half in a bottle, half in the other without spilling a single drop




PICKING UP SMALL OBJECT WITH TONGS

ice tray
a small container with peables/nuts/pearls any thing small and round, their numbers depends on the number of hole of the ice try (usually 12)
small tongs

the child has to use the tongs to lift a nut from the container and then put it in a hole of the ice tray. Repeat the exercise until all the nuts are in ice tray





FOLDING A NAPKIN AND PUT IT IN A NAPKIN HOLDER

a few napkins
a napkin holder

the child has to fold the napkin into a triangular shape and then put it in the napkin holder. The exercise becomes more difficult when there are many napkins in the napkin holder and he has to try and fit them all in.