![]() ![]() As always, be prepared to accept their help. E.g. Water always works as a magic for any child and water play is such an important part of growing up! Make use of this interest to get them to help you in washing (and scrubbing) utensils, tables, windows. Another great practical life work is rolling and unrolling their working mat.ġ4. Start off with smaller and easy to fold items. Let them help with folding wash cloths, napkins, socks. Create a little exploratory box with a theme, like this sand and sea shells box and offer a real magnifying glass to look at the objects closely.ġ3. Adult supervision is a must for all the activities.ġ2. Again, make sure that none of these are choking hazards for your child. Let them explore and figure out how they work on their own. Let your kids play with real world objects to help them practice some real life skills that’ll make it easier for them when they enter the big world outside! Let them play with a big-sized lock and a key, a nut and a bolt. Kneading dough is something most kids enjoy and is a great exercise for their developing muscles. When you’re baking cookies, let the kids have a go at whisking, stirring and mixing – let them taste a little too!ġ1. Older kids can try grating cheese using a small grater, but be very careful that they don’t cut their fingers.ġ0. Use a mortar and pestle to crush and grind food ingredients.ĩ. Set up a tray in a safe area of the kitchen and watch him get to work!ħ. Use a rolling pin to flatten dough and then use cookie cutters to cut out fun shapes.Ĩ. There are so many options here that the list is endless. Let them try their hand at using simple kitchen tools like whisks, mortar and pestle, and other implements. Again, a great fine motor activity by itself!Ħ. After the child has mastered dry transferring, you can introduce wet pouring, where you can ask your child to transfer water from one container to the other. At this point, you can show a child how to pour water for himself from a jug (and drink it in a glass). If he makes a mess, show him how to pick the item and put it back in the container, one by one. Do a quick demonstration of how to transfer, and then let the child follow. The child might make a mess and throw the item all over the floor. Your best bet would be to give a child something safe and edible like puffed rice, cereals, raisins etc. If the child is still putting things into her mouth, make sure you avoid anything that can be a choking hazard. Transferring dry contents from one container into another, such as pompoms / rice / marbles / cereals etc. Opening and closing different containers (matching and fitting the lids to their respective / correct containers)ĥ. You can even give them some water and let them try squeezing out the sponges!Ĥ. Let the feel the texture of kitchen sponges. Let them stack cups (plastic or steel ones), or build a tower out of it.ģ. Sensory baskets using safe kitchen tools – let your child explore and play with rolling pins, and kitchen cutlery under your supervision.Ģ. ![]() Once your child is into the groove of these basic tasks, you can start off with more challenging activities.ġ.
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