Tong Transfer
From Montessori Album
| Tong Transfer | |
|---|---|
| Practical Life - Fine Motor Skills | |
 | |
| Level | Primary |
| Age | 3 |
| Prerequisites | Grasping Transfer |
| Materials | a tray tongs 2 bowls soft objects to transfer |
The purpose of this activity is to teach children to move small objects using tongs. This helps them to develop their fine motor skills.
Presentation
- Step one
- Step two, etc
- Step three, etc
- Step four, etc
- Step five, etc
Points of Interest
The various tongs, and shape, color, texture of the objects
Control of Error
Variations and Extensions
- Different types of items could be transferred.
- Items could be sorted as well as transferred.
- Source: Adventures of a Rainbow Mama
- There could be a separate place for every item to be transferred.
Source: Leptir Montessori Blog
Material
Please be sure that the tongs used in this activity are small enough for a child's hand. Many classrooms have tongs that are far too large and the children have trouble doing this activity.
Source: Leptir Montessori Blog
Further Reading
- Teach Me to Do It Myself by Maja Pitamic, pages 34-35
