Montessori Opening and closing bottles lesson activity

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3 years

Assorted bottles

How to open and close bottles with various lids.

Fine motor skills
Eye hand co-ordination
Concentration
Develop strength in fingers
Dexterity.

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Invite the child to begin Work Cycle.
Position the tray at the top of the mat.
Using your dominant hand, remove bottles from the tray arranging them horizontally from left to right.

Screw off lid
Grasp the first bottle on far left-hand side with your left hand bringing it slightly forward to the front of the mat.
With your right hand, pincer grip the fingers over the lid screwing the lid anti-clockwise in quarter turns whilst gently lifting it until lid releases from the bottle.
Place lid in front of the bottle.

Hold the lid in your right hand in a pincer grip, and with the left hand, bring bottle slightly forward.
Bring lid towards bottle holding it against the edge of the neck of the bottle so that the child can see the shape of lid and neck as being the same size.
Lower the lid gently, align thread and turn in quarter turns until lid is secure.
Place on mat.

Invite the child to have a turn.

End the work cycle.

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The lids will not fit securely
Wear and tear of lid

Snapper lid i.e. Shampoo bottle

Fixed screw open and closed lid revealing sprinkling holes i.e. Baby Powder

Bottles of different size and colour