For grown-ups
Setting the table
What your child practices
Where each thing goes on a table: fork on the left, spoon and knife on the right, cup above them; or rice bowl on the left, soup bowl on the right, chopsticks in front. Looking at an outline and matching it to a real thing.
How to use it together
Show it once: pick up the plate and set it on its outline in the middle, slowly and without talking, then the fork. Something on the wrong outline will not stay; it slides off and goes back to the mat. If your device has a voice in this language, each thing says its name, and the name shows on the brass plate. Later, a real cloth mat with outlines drawn on it works the same way at a real table. When the place is set, it rings softly and the cup steams. It can be cleared and set again.
These are Montessori-style activities. Handeware Kids is not affiliated with or approved by any Montessori organization.