Life A5.3 Foam Work
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PRATICAL-LIFE DEVELOPMENT ALBUM

ELEMENTARY MOVEMENT

A5.3 FOAM WORK


MATERIALS:

A tray, shave cream, apron, sponge in dish, and food color.

PREPARATION:

1. Consider the readiness of the child.

2. Check the availability of the material.

PRESENTATION:

1. Invite the child to do the work naming the work towel, pitcher and pointing the location of the work.

2. Walk with the child to the table where the materials is located.

3. Put on apron.

4. Get pitcher and fill with water.

5. Get shave cream and shake well.

6. Press the bottom and get some shave cream out on the tray.

7. Put shave cream back on the shelf and get the food color.

8. Get one or two drops of food color on the shave cream.

9. Mix the shave cream and food color with both hands.

10. If the child finished his work wash hand in pitcher and try hand with towel.

11. Pick up sponge and dip in water using two hands.

12. Squeeze water and wipe the shave cream out.

13. Dip the sponge in the water and squeeze the water.

14. Continue the same manner until the all tray are cleaned up.

15. clean up the table of spilt water with sponge.

16. Get dirty water to the bucket and pour the water into the bucket.

17. Get towel and dry hand.

18. Take off the apron and fold it.

19. Replace the material back to the tray.

CONTROL OF ERROR:

1. Put too much shave cream.

2. Put too much food color.

3. Get too much water.

4. Spilt water on the floor.

5. Do not clean up the tray or table.

POINTS OF INTEREST:

1. Seeing different color.

2. Seeing change color if you put two color together.

3. Feeling play with shave cream with hands.

DIRECT AIMS:

1. Development O.C.C.I.

2. Preparation for writing.

3. Development of two hand coordination.

INDIRECT AIMS:

1. Learning different color.

2. Learning to dean with sponge.

VOCABULARY:

Tray, sponge, shave cream, the name of color, apron, dish, food color.

AGE:

3 and up

VARIATIONS/ EXTENSION:

1. Take the paper and cover the shape that child make.


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