Pouring station

From the house

• A tray or towel
• 2–3 cups in different sizes
• A funnel or the top of a cut bottle
• Dry rice or pasta

How to play

1. Fill one cup with rice and put it on the tray with the empty cups.
2. Show them how to pour slowly from cup to cup.
3. Add the funnel: pour through it and watch.
4. Talk about it: full, empty, a little, a lot.

Fit it to your child

• Easier: Use one cup and a big bowl to pour into, so nothing spills over.
• Harder: Guess how many small cups will fill a big one, then count as they pour to check.

Words to use

• pour
• full
• empty
• more
• a little

Why it helps

Full, empty, a little and a lot are their first measuring words, and pouring shows them that different cups hold different amounts.