Category:Opening and Closing Drawers

This exercise involves opening and closing drawers quietly and gently.

Materials:
 * The child's chest of drawers

Place the thumb and 2 fingers on knobs of drawers and pull evenly with both arms to open and close the drawer quietly and carefully. Proceed in this manner with the remaining drawers and let the child do it. The child will hear if it has been done quietly.

This enables the child to reach an appreciation of quiet and order. The child has a sense of achievement when it is done quietly.

After this, the child may then learn to open and close doors quietly. Child will place thumb and 2 fingers on doorknob, quietly turn the knob, and slowly open the door.