Standing Up from a Table
Materials: Child-sized chair and table
Purposes:
Independence
Coordination of Movement
Orientation and adaptation to the Environment
Age: 2 ½ and up
Preparation: The child can sit in a chair
Presentation:
Gather a small group of children.
Sit down in the child-sized chair at the table.
Introduce what you will do. Example: “I am going to show you how to stand up from the table.”
With both hands, grasp the seat of the chair and scoot the chair out from the table.
Stand up slowly and walk around behind the chair.
Take the chair back with two hands, lift and replace it under the table, setting it down quietly.
Invite each of the children to stand up from the table.
Close the lesson. Example: “Now you know what to do when you stand up from a table.”
Dismiss the children to work.
Points of Interest:
Moving/pushing the chair under the table silently.
Hand placement on the chair back.
Following Exercises: None
Pedagogical Notes:
This lesson should be given to all new children. Representing to the children throughout the year who are forgetting to push in their chairs.
The children should push in their chairs when leaving the table. This keeps the environment orderly, minimizes accidental bumping into or tripping over chairs, and keeps space clear to move in.