A new Montessori set-up in the kitchen

Inspired by this post I set up a water station for Bear and J-jo.  Bear always has had access to a small pitcher in the fridge (or she would go to the bathroom to fill up her glass), but I felt that this system might allow greater freedom.  I also thought J-jo might be able to start observing Bear and learn to get water for himself.

I already had the small glasses.  I have two itty bitty ones, two tiny ones (like the one in the photo above) and two small glasses (Bear uses the small) that I found here and there.  We actually already had the water dispenser from when we lived in Costa Rica and couldn't drink the faucet water.  I set up a small tray on the floor under the spigot and left some washcloths for wiping spills.  There is a small glass and itty bitty glass in the cubby underneath the water dispenser. 

The second change to our kitchen was adding a small table.  J-jo is now getting his own cutlery to indicate that he is hungry.  He gets his spoon and walks to the booster seat. I felt kind of badly that he couldn't get into his booster seat by himself, so I set up one of Bear's work tables in the kitchen.  Now J-jo can climb into the chair that is at the little table on his own. 

 I'm undecided though because I like the kids at the table with us for meals, so maybe this will just be for snacks.