1. ECED 4080 Creating
Materials for Use by
Young Children
:Learning Task
:Subject Strands
.Spooning beans .Fine motor skills
:Description :Subject Topic
The child uses a spoon to .Spooning
move the beans from one
bowl to another.
:Background Information
Learning task adapted
Fine-motor skills involves
:from
the ability to control the
Child Care Center, Sultan small muscles of the body
.Qaboos University and is usually defined as
the ability to coordinate the
action of the eyes and
:Age group hands together in
.years 3-5 performing precise
manipulative movements
(eye-hand coordination).
The early forerunners of
fine-motor control appear
to be the reflex grasp and

2. avoidance reactions that this activity provides the-
become integrated and opportunity for the child to
refined with increasing age move the beans and put
.them on the next bowl
.and experience
Prerequisite Concepts,
Student Learning
:skills, Values
:Outcomes
follows class routines-
for selecting, using
Tool Society Uses: and returning
Manipulate, identify and individual learning
describe different tools that .tasks
society uses which is
.spoon
Being able to hold the- adopts class routines for-
spoon correctly and obtaining teacher support
to demonstrate learning
use it to move to
tasks and to obtain
.beans .assistance
Student Characteristics
:Accommodated
Learning Theory and
this activity is-
:instructional Strategies
developmentally
appropriate and can this activity meets the-
be adapted to the child needs of practicing
child development .the fine motor skills
.level
this activity prepares the-
children for later academic
skills such as: drawing and

3. writing (holding pencil and :Checklist of Tray Items
crayon) and it will strength
Two bowls red and blue-
the fine motor skills of the
.((one is full with beans
.child
.Spoon-
As Montessori said-
children learn best by :Preparation
doing, and this activity
bring two similar bowls in-
provide a real learning
different colors and put
.experience for them
amount of beans on one of
Introduction of the learning .them
:Task
.bring spoon-
show the child the location-
.keep the materials on tray-
.of the activity in the shelf
:Extension activities
tell the child the name of-
the activity "Spooning Provide a small spoon and-
."beans places one bean in each
.section of the ice cube tray
take the learning task to-
.an open space at a table -ask the child to move the
beans ‘two at a time’
Demonstrate how to move-
between the red and blue
the beans from the bowl to
bowls.
the other one using the
.spoon - ask the child to use the
allow the child to take- right hand to move the
over and move the beans beans to the left and the left
.using spoon hand to move the beans to
the right.
show the child how to tidy-
.up the activity
:Enrichment Activities

4. Use different kinds of-
spoons and objects such as:
:Feedback Suggestion
cotton ball, beads, and peas
that will changes the level please use the spoon to-
of activity and add more move the beans from one
.fun .bowl to the other
hold the spoon so that the -
.bean does not fall off
:Assessment Techniques
make sure that there are-
observing the children-
no beans on the tray
while they're doing the
.between the two bowls
.activity
Can you move the beans-
note that the child follows-
with one hand placed
the correct steps to do the
?behind your back
.activity
:Evaluation rubric -Which of your two hands
needs more practice in
avoids hand utensils;- moving the beans?
attempts to use hand
.utensil inappropriately
successfully begins to use- :Vocabulary
the spoon 2 to 3 times
.Spoon
.appropriately
bowl
successfully uses the-
spoon 4 to 6 times .Beans
.appropriately
successfully uses the-
:References for the Rubric
spoon with flexible
.manipulations

5. Sue Hathway, Personal and Beans
social Development (Social
Studies) Rubric, Child Care
Centre, Sultan Qaboos
.University
:Key Words
.Spooning
spoon
Beans
:Materials needed
Two bowls