Description

Around the age of 3, children start asking if they can help in the kitchen, or with the cleaning.  A prepared environment will fulfill these demands.  Ideally, these implements are smaller to fit the young Child, for example the duo egg slicer.  So often adults don’t realise that the most ordinary things we do, are in actual fact a brand new discovery for the young child, who joyfully engages with a new activity.  Teachers present the correct method to use any implement to the Child, before allowing them to use the equipment under supervision.

What do you slice with a Duo Egg Slicer?

This implement can cut fruit or eggs into two different shapes, which adds a slightly different perspective for the Child to investigate.

• hard-boiled eggs
• mushrooms
• strawberries
• cheese

What does the Child learn?

• the direct objective is;
  • how to judge the amount of pressure required to slice the object cleanly
• indirectly, they learn;
  • the importance of working on a flat surface
  • safety, ensuring that their fingers are not in the way
  • how to prepare food
• this egg slicer is small enough for small hands

Size of the Duo Egg Slicer

Made from sturdy plastic – 20cm x 9cm x 4cm / (7¾” x 3½” x 1½”)

Further Reading and Resources

1. The Importance of Practical Life Activities Within the Montessori Method by Guidepost Montessori

2. Curriculum Snapshot:  Practical Life by Montessori Academy