Scooping, Spooning and Dry Pouring

Scooping, Spooning and Dry Pouring

Create your own scooping, spooning and pouring activities at home by using found objects in your kitchen drawers. This is a fun and interactive way to develop your child’s fine motor skills and coordination. View our instructional video and range of home lessons below and enhance your child’s learning today!

Home Lesson One: Scooping

1. Locate a container, one or more scoops, and a few cups of non-perishable items such as pasta, chickpeas, lentils or beads
2. Fill the container to roughly half way
3. Take your scoop or scoops and transfer from left to right and back again
4. Invite your child to take a turn
5. Extend on this activity by asking your child “how many scoops do you think I will need to fill this container” to develop visual discrimination of quantity

Home Lesson Two: Dry Pouring

1. Locate two jugs or pouring containers and place on a tray or in a container
2. Fill the jug on the left with a dry material such as pom poms, lentils, or pasta
3. Demonstrate how to pour from left to right
4. Invite your child to take a turn
5. Extend on this activity by using jugs with a narrower spout and transfer smaller dry items such as lentils
6. Pour the dry items back into the bowl on the left side to restore the activity to its original state

Home Lesson Four: Spooning

1. Locate two bowls and a spoon that easily fits in your child’s hand
2. Place them on a tray and fill the bowl to the left with a dry material
3. Spoon from left to right
4. Invite your child to take a turn
5. Spoon the dry items back into the bowl on the left side to restore the activity to its original state

Have a younger child? Discover our scooping and straining activities suitable for ages 12 months and up.