The Montessori Drinking Water From a Cup Lesson Activity for Infants Age 1 to 3 Years

Strong Small Glass Jug

Work mat.

1. Prepare the activity tray in advance by half filling the small jug with water.
2. Assist the infant to fetch a work matt and place it on the floor.
3. Assist the infant to fetch the activity tray from the Montessori Cabinet
4. Sit on opposite side of the matt to the infant [DAP hasAccessTo=”11″ errMsgTemplate=”LONG”]
5. Lift the jug and hold it up in the infant’s natural line of vision and pause momentarily when you have the child’s attention, then pour the water into the small glass cup.
6. Now hold the rim of the cup to the infants mouth and slowly tilt it so that he can drink the water.
7. If the infant grasps the cup, release your grasp slowly and allow the infant to continue to drink the water.
8. As the infant improves in confidence place the coin box on the work matt in front of the infant so that he can do it unassisted.
9. When the infant has ceased to be interested in the activity, assist the infant to place the activity tray back in the Montessori Cabinet
10. As the infant progresses over time with this activity, you can assist less and less and eventually he will be able to perform all the tasks above unassisted.

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The infant spills the water when drinking