For grown-ups
Spooning
What your child practices
Dipping, lifting and carrying a spoon level from one bowl to another, then turning it over in the right place. A quick jolt, or letting go over the tray, drops beans, so a steady hand is what the spoon asks for.
How to use it together
Show it once: take the spoon, dip it into the beans, carry it slowly across and dip it into the empty bowl, and the beans tip out. Beans that fall stay on the tray until they are picked up and put back. There is no need to point them out. When every bean is across, the bowl rattles, and the beans can be spooned back the other way.
These are Montessori-style activities. Handeware Kids is not affiliated with or approved by any Montessori organization.