Life C4.3. Silver Polishing
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PRATICAL-LIFE DEVELOPMENT ALBUM

CARE OF ENVIOMENT

C4.3. SILVER POLISHING


MATERIAL:

Basket, a mat, polish container, cotton swab cut in half, polish cloth, silver object and polish liquid.

PREPARATION:

Materials are ready. Invite child. Name activity. Show child were material is located. Child is ready to work with this activity.

PRESENTATION:

1. Walk with the child to the shelf where the material is located.

2. Pick up the basket with both hands. Carry it to the table and put it on the table.

3. Pick up the cleaner container with dominant hand and walk back to the shelf. Get one or two drops of polisher cleaner and go back to the table.

4. Sit down and let child sit on your sub-dominant side.

5. Place the mat on the center of table.

6. Take out the cotton swab, cleaner and cloth and put them in sequence from left side of table.

7. Take out the silver object and put on the center of mat.

8. Pick up cotton swab with 2 finger of dominant hand.

9. Holding the container with sub-dominant hand and using the cotton swab to get applicator.

10. Using small strokes, moving from left to right and top to bottom, apply the polish to the object until the object cover with polish.

11. Get a polishing cloth with dominant hand and holding the silver object with sub-dominant hand.

12. Wiping the silver around you and turn around.

13. Do the same manner showing above until the all polish has been removed and shinning.

14. Observe the work.

15. Clean out dish with cloth and wipe mat.

16. Place dirty cloth into basket.

17. Return the material to basket and place it to the shelf.

CONTROL OF ERROR:

1. Seeing polishing on the mat.

2. Putting too much polishing.

3. Do not put dirty polishing cloth into basket.

POINTS OF INTERESTS:

1. Seeing different silver objects.

2. Seeing shinning object.

3. Seeing the difference between the cleaned and tarnished areas.

DIRECT AIMS:

1. Development O.C.C.I.

2. Preparation for writing.

INDIRECT AIMS:

1. Learning how to polish.

2. Learning how to care of environment.

VOCABULARY:

Silver, polish, polishing basket, mat, polishing cloth, shinning

AGE:

3 and up

VARIATIONS EXTENSION:

1. Polishing different size of objects.

2. Polishing different kind of objects, like mirror, wood etc..


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