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Sciences
The World of Plants (Botany) and The World of Animals (Biology and Chemistry) A plant is a living organism manufacturing its own food (autotrophic) while animals require carbon to be fixed by plants which they digest (heterotrophs). Traditionally plants are divided into ground cover or non flowering plants and seed producing and flowering plants. The …
Using a Safety Pin
Material Description: A pin cushion, kept near the needlework activities on a separate tray with a selection of safely pins of different sizes and shape and a nappy pin (a safety pin with an additional guard. Presentation: To close Hold the bottom of the safely pin with the left hand as before Place the …
Cleaning Shoes
Material Description: A pair of child’s shoes. In a basket or tray have a brush to remove dirt, a flannel 20cm2, marked with a shoe motif on one corner. Have a piece of paper to cover the floor and an oil cloth. Have multiple sets for groups of children who arrive together, each set should …
Unfastening and Fastening large buttons
Material Description: The left flap overlaps the right one, the buttons are stitched on the right side, with long stems which will allow he button to be turned to a vertical position without pulling n the thread. On the left hand flap button holes, horizontal slits, are slightly wider than the diameter of the …
Unfastening and Fastening of hooks and eyes
Material Description: The right flap overlaps the left one. On the upper surface of the left flap metal eyes have been attached, stitched through their eyelets. The hooks are fixed so that when the they are in the eyes there is a slight pull. Have five to six sets of hooks and eye per frame. …
Unfastening and fastening of laces
Material Description: The frame has two flaps nearly meeting and facing each other. They should be made of leather or cloth with leather facing. Both flaps have a series of holes with metal eyes. The laces should be cylindrical, not flat, half the laces should be of a different colour, with the other and have …
Pouring water into two jugs
Material Description: Have a plastic tray or one which has a base covered in an oil cloth. On the tray there will be two jugs kept at different sides. Both jugs should be made of the same material. In the Children’s House have three or four sets in different materials (e.g. brass, china, steel, glass, …
Pouring grains using three glasses
Material Description: Have a plastic tray or one which has a base covered in an oilcloth. On the tray there will be three to five glasses, cups or mugs and a jug kept at the right base corner. The glasses are arranged diagonally from the left-base corner to the top-right corner, to give the most …
Washing Cloths
Material Description: An apron, a large oil cloth, a working mat, a bucket, jug, cloths to wash in a laundry basket, washing powder in a container with a measuring spoon, two basins the same size for washing and rinsing, a small bowl to place the damp cloths, a drying cloth and a cloths line or …