The Montessori Year · Week 44: The fork, the glass, the real plate

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1. 1Your baby’s spoon arrives at their mouth upside down and empty0:00
2. 2A spoon is two separate jobs, and a meal asks for both at once0:15
3. 3The tools get handed over one rung at a time0:38
4. 4Two small spoons on the table give your child a real job tonight1:16
5. 5When the fork comes up empty, look at the plate before your child1:35
6. 6A tray shows your child the mistake, so you never have to point it out1:56
7. 7Show it once, slowly, and then the tray belongs to your child2:36
8. 8A small glass with no lid lets your child feel how it has to be held2:57
9. 9Taking food off someone else’s spoon took between two and ten weeks3:25
10. 10Your child builds the skill on the tray and spends it at the table4:02