Importance Of EPL Activities

What is mean by EPL Activities

Practical life exercises to help children.

• How to do living activities purposefully.
• Gain control in the coordination of their movements.
• Gain independence and adapt to their society
• Develop and orderly a way of thinking.

Nature allowed a certain time to learn each thinks. Maria Montessori called these sensitive periods. If this time of special sensitivity is not used, it is lost. It does not come again. If we have not made use of the first stage to how is the second stage to be successful. The foundation is not there it is more difficult for the children and those who teach them.

Practical life

Is direct aim of the exercises of practical life is to help the CHILDREN grow in independence with regard to:

1. The performance of elementary movement.
2. Care of person (looking after himself)

The indirect aim of the exercise of practical life:

1. To have the children consolidate and develop coordination of movements
2. Development of concentration.
3. Building up of inner discipline.
4. All of which lead of NORMALIZATION.
5. They also learn to play attention to details as the follows a regular sequence of actions.
6. Finally, they learn GOOD WORKING HABITS as they finishes each task and puts away all their materials before beginning another activity.

The children to learn by performing exercise which help their to gradually lengthen the time in which they can focus his attention on a specific activity.

Rules Of EPL Activities Presentations

1. Clear the table or place of presentation.
2. Check the material, prepare it before hands, there should be nothing missing.
3. Get the consent of the child.
4. Take the child to the material to set him acquainted with the place.
5. With the the help of child, carry the material carefully and gracefully to the place of presentation.
6. Seat the child in a position from where he can see the presentation clearly. Normally with a right-handed directress the child will be seated on the left.
7. Encourage the child to participate by allowing him to do you whatever he knows and repeat as long and as often as he likes.
8. Captivate the interest of the child involving him as much as possible.
9. The presentation should be accurate lively and brief.
10. Do not speak while presenting, only few well-chosen word must be used. The action must convey the sense.
11. Lastly, involve the child in winding up.
12. Say like a song wind up material,wind up material, wind up material.

Role of teacher

1. Preparation of the environment.
2. To invite the child for the exercise.
3. Let the child to chosen and repeat.
4. Let the child to complete the exercise and let him material puts it back in the respective place.

Rights of the child

1. Freedom of choice.
2. Freedom of repeatation.
3. Freedom of work at has on place.
4. Freedom of movement.
5. Make a child comfortable in the prepared new environment.

Points to remember of presentation

1. The material should be cleaned and checked everyday.
2. The child should no no the exact place of each material, at the the time of presentation, take the child with you to the place of material.
3. The child should be sitting on the left side so that he/she can see properly.
4. While presentation their should be required material on the table only.
5. The movement should be practical and simple.
6. Every exercise should be complete and the material should be placed back into respected place.
7. Their should be very little verbal instruction.
8. Do not correct the child while working but next time give the presentation again.