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| Name          = Using a Chair
| Name          = Using a Chair
| Topic        = Practical Life
| Topic        = Practical Life
| Subtopic      = Control of Movement
| Subtopic      = Gross Motor Skills
| Photo         =  
| image         = [[File:Chair carry 1.JPG|320px]]
| Level        = [[Pre-Primary]] <br> [[Primary]]
| Level        = [[Pre-Primary]] <br> [[Primary]]
| Age          = 3
| Age          = 3
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| Materials    = child-sized chair
| Materials    = child-sized chair
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The direct purpose of this activity is ...The indirect purpose would be ...
The purpose of the first part of this activity is to teach the child how to gracefully sit down in, and stand up from a chairIn the second part, the child learns how to correctly carry a chair.
== Presentations ==
== Presentations ==
=== Sitting in a Chair ===
=== Sitting in a Chair ===
# step one
# step one
# step two, etc.
#: [[File:Chair 1.JPG|220px|center]]
 
# step two
#: [[File:Chair 2.JPG|220px|center]]
# step three
#: [[File:Chair 3.JPG|220px|center]]
# step four
#: [[File:Chair 4.JPG|220px|center]]
=== Carrying a Chair ===
=== Carrying a Chair ===
# step one
# step one
# step two, etc.
#: [[File:Chair carry 1.JPG|220px|center]]
# step two
#: [[File:Chair carry 2.JPG|220px|center]]


== Points of Interest ==
== Points of Interest ==
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== Variations and Extensions ==
== Variations and Extensions ==
== Material ==
The chairs used in the classroom should be light enough for a small child to easily move them, while not being so light that they are easily knocked over by a child standing up from one.
== Further Reading ==
*[[Teaching Montessori in the Home: The Pre-School Years]] by Elizabeth G. Hainstock, page 27

Revision as of 15:34, 2 November 2013

Using a Chair
Practical Life - Gross Motor Skills
Chair carry 1.JPG
LevelPre-Primary
Primary
Age3
Prerequisitesnone
Materialschild-sized chair

The purpose of the first part of this activity is to teach the child how to gracefully sit down in, and stand up from a chair. In the second part, the child learns how to correctly carry a chair.

Presentations

Sitting in a Chair

  1. step one
    Chair 1.JPG
  2. step two
    Chair 2.JPG
  3. step three
    Chair 3.JPG
  4. step four
    Chair 4.JPG

Carrying a Chair

  1. step one
    Chair carry 1.JPG
  2. step two
    Chair carry 2.JPG

Points of Interest

Control of Error

Variations and Extensions

Material

The chairs used in the classroom should be light enough for a small child to easily move them, while not being so light that they are easily knocked over by a child standing up from one.

Further Reading