Athifah Prepares Morning tea

Athifah doesnt talk much but she does a lot. She is a very clever girl. She learns a lot just
watching others. This morning when she saw me getting the fruit basket ready on the table she
came to me, I asked, Do you want to cut fruit today. She just shook her head and went to
wash her hands, she knew that we have to wash our hands whenever we prepare food.
Everyday children have fruit and crackers for morning tea, and the children prepares the fruit,
and they love it. This is one of our very important real life practical life activities. We have
many activities in our Montessori practical life activity shelf where children practice - pouring,
spooning, transferring, learn how to use a pair of tongs.
Athafah helped me to get everything that we
need to prepare fruit e.g. chopping board,
knife, plate and a pair of tong. Then she sat at
the table and started to slice the apple first, I
cut the apple in half and she made it little
pieces. This is not the first time she was cutting
the fruit, She is improving her knife skills.
Every time she cut a few pieces she put the
knife down and put those pieces on a serving
plate using a pair of tongs. She is good at that
because she practices how to use tongs when
she does practical life activities.
Written by Teacher Rosy,
16 August, 2014