1. Present e pitcher half filled with water to the student. Assist the student in lifting the pitcher off the table, raising it at least 1foot, and placing it back down without spillage. Physical guidance may be needed. If so, continue the exercise, reducing assistance until only verbal prompts are needed.
2. Repeat Step 1, adding movement parallel to the table without spillage.
3. Using another pitcher to receive the water, physically guide the student through the process of pouring water from one pitcher to another. Physical guidance should be reduced and eventually replaced with gestural and verbal guidance. Finally, reduce prompting to just a total-task request.
4. Repeat the exercise in Step 3, replacing the receiving pitcher with e cup.