in my lofty aspiration to train dous in the montessori method at home, i courageously let her scoop and pour beans into beakers and bowls. i must say she did rather well but the problem is... when she's mastered the task, she'll end up spilling the beans, well, literally. so i ended up spanking her, which is very UN MOTESSORI!
check out the video below!
[this is good] These objects are actually fine for transferring exercises of water, beans, grains, etc. Try to demonstrate how to balance the middle of the beaker with just the middle and index finger while pouring. This way she is using her dominate hand to hold the handle and the other hand's fingers to balance the beaker while pouring. This helps the child to control movement and not experience as much spillage.
Posted by: MR | 07/20/2010 at 11:17 PM