Change it up a bit…

The following are works found in the Practical Life area. The aim of these activities is to promote coordination, control, independence, and order. Many times, children get bored of the same old activities and neglect the practical life area.  What children don’t realize is that in order to succeed in the other academic areas, (Math, Language, Cultural, and Sensorial)  they need to master these basic skills. So, what do you do? You switch things up!

This is a sorting activity. Once we saw that our children lost interest in this work, we simply changed the basket, added new bowls and objects. It became a big hit. Same concept, new look.

These are examples of tweezing activities. Once again, we gave it a little face lift, and in no time children were flocking over to the Practical Life area to see what the “new” work was.

Try changing up the dry pouring by using  different things like beans, rice, pasta, ect.

You’d be suprised by how changing a simple thing such as the container can really attract a child’s attention.

Do you get my point? Try it out!


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