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(Unit 5) Topic 5: Incorporating Montessori Elements in Program Planning

1 Clock Hour of Early Childhood Education

Lesson Plan:  Lentil Pouring Practical Life Skills

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Lentil Pouring Practical Life Skills

Age Group: 

• Toddler
  
• Preschool
• Special Needs

Objectives:

• Students will apply fine motor skill practice to strengthen skills 

CDA Competency Standard: ​
11.4.2a 

• Activities and materials encourage children of varying abilities to develop their small muscles

a)    Individual fine motor skills are encouraged through a variety of developmentally appropriate materials and activities

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Please provide appropriate supervision to the children in your care when completing all activities. You will need to decide what types of activities are safe for the children in your care.  Always use caution with anything that young children might put in their mouths. 

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Materials: 

• Tray
• Lentils, beans, beads
• Small pitcher
• Small bowl 

Procedure: 

1. Fill one small pitcher with lentils, beans or beads.
2. Place pitcher and a small bowl inside of a shallow tray.
3. Give children a brief demonstration and explanation of how to pour the contents into the bowl slowly without spilling. Be sure to explain the purpose of this activity, which is to strengthen their fine-motor skills and to practice real-life skills.
4. Place the tray with contents on an appropriate shelf in your classroom for students to use independently. 

Assessment: 

• Observe and record any improvement in the child’s fine-motor skills with the pouring and handling of the contents on the tray.
  

* When students are able to pour the contents successfully, use a larger pitcher instead and continue to observe and record their progress. 

Extension: 
​When students are able to recognize and create the shapes correctly, you may introduce more complicated shapes, or alter the Popsicle sticks so that they are not color coded, or numbered for the sides. Adapt this lesson to what suits your students best.

CDA (Unit 5) Topic 5: Lentil Pouring Practical Life Skills *  Check for Understanding * Toddler Page 16

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