a child erasing a chalkboard

2–3 years · Practical Life · 8 minutes

Children build fine motor control and care for materials by erasing a chalkboard clean after drawing with chalk.

✋ Fine Motor
🎯 Concentration
⚙ Independence
🏠 Care of Environment

Materials

How to Present

  1. Invite the child to the chalkboard and show them the eraser.
  2. Demonstrate wiping the board from top to bottom in even strokes.
  3. Invite the child to try, encouraging them to cover the whole board.
  4. Show the child how to put the eraser back when finished.

Notes

A quick, satisfying care-of-environment activity that naturally follows chalk drawing time.

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