Jar Pour
Filling and pouring activities are good for developing fine motor skills, hand-eye coordination, bilateral coordination and building life skills. This activity can be practiced with a variety of materials such as water, rice, sand, pebbles, and pom poms. Each material will have a different weight and speed of pouring so your child will need to adapt their technique with each material.
Materials:
Jug (preferably one that’s not too heavy)
Water
Food colouring
Several jars
Rubber bands
How to set up:
Place the rubber bands around each jar at different levels.
Fill the jug with water adding a few drops of food colouring.
Have your child pour slowly and try to stop at the rubber band level. Depending on their age, you may need to assist them verbally until they get the hang of it.
Our daughter was 2 years and 3 months old in this video
Great for:
Hand-eye coordination is required in everyday tasks such as grasping objects, handwriting, playing games, eating and cooking. As with other body skills, hand-eye coordination can be practised and improved upon. This development begins in infancy.
Fine Motor Skills involve the small muscles working with the brain in order to control small movements. Developing fine motor skills helps children do things like eating, writing and getting dressed.
Bilateral coordination is when two sides of the body are being used at the same time to carry out an activity. Many daily self-care and play activities require bilateral coordination skills including eating, getting dressed, tying shoelaces, playing sports, running, walking and skipping.
Focus and concentration help children to learn. Most skills are learned by practising them over and over, so being able to block out distractions and focus on particular tasks will help the rate in which they learn.