Using a Chair

Using a Chair
Practical Life - Gross Motor Skills
Level	Pre-Primary Primary
Age	3
Prerequisites	none
Materials	child-sized chair

The purpose of the first part of this activity is to teach the child how to gracefully sit down in, and stand up from a chair. In the second part, the child learns how to correctly carry a chair.

Presentations

Sitting in a Chair

1. step one

   

2. step two

   

3. step three

   

4. step four

   

Carrying a Chair

1. step one

   

2. step two

   

Material

The chairs used in the classroom should be light enough for a small child to easily move them, while not being so light that they are easily knocked over by a child standing up from one.

Further Reading

• Teaching Montessori in the Home: The Pre-School Years by Elizabeth G. Hainstock, page 27