Polishing Wood- Montessori EPL Activity

Prepare a desk fabricated from timber. Place a stool to the left of the desk. Invite a infant to return back through telling them you’ve got got some thing to reveal them. Have the kid convey the timber-sharpening basket and feature them area it at the left facet of the desk. Then cross again to the cabinets and produce the ideal mat for the timber sharpening. Slowly take off the mat ring through sliding it up the rolled mat and area the hoop within side the pinnacle left nook of the desk. Place the flap of the mat at the proper facet of the stool and unroll the mat in a horizontal way. Turn the mat over so the oilcloth facet is dealing with up. Tell the kid that you’ll be displaying him a way to polish the desk.

Presentation

• Hold the bottle of polish together along with your left hand.
• Show the kid a way to open the bottle of polish through maintaining the bottle together along with your left hand and setting your proper thumb immediately beneath Neath the tab of the bottle mouth and your index finger contrary your thumb.
• Rotate your thumb up, hence pushing the tab upwards and open.
• Remove your proper hand after which left.
• Hold the bottle to your proper hand.
• Lift the bottle so it’s far a bit above the dish.
• Slowly tilt the polish bottle above the center of your dish and squeeze it in order that 4 to 5 drops fall from the bottle beginning into the dish.
•  Replace the polish in its unique spot at the mat.
• Pinch and select out up the cotton ball together along with your proper thumb and index finger.
• Dip the cotton ball into the polish. Place the cotton ball on the pinnacle left nook of the desk.
• Apply stress to the cotton ball through setting your proper center finger subsequent for your proper index finger.
• Apply the polish to the desk in medium length round moves from the left nook of the desk to the proper nook.
• Apply the polish onto the complete desk from left to proper, pinnacle to bottom.
• Continue those moves (dipping the cotton ball into the polish if greater is needed) till the whole desk is included in a mild coat of polish.
• If necessary, follow polish round the rims of the desk.
• Place the cotton ball onto the sharpening mat in its spot. Bring the kid’s interest to how the desk is stupid due to the wax.
• Show the kid a way to maintain the fabric. (see Dusting a Table) Remove the polish via strong, medium length round moves from left to proper and pinnacle to bottom.
• Wipe the rims of the desk with the fabric if needed.
• Set the fabric again onto the sharpening mat.
• Bring the kid’s interest to how the desk is now shiny.

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