Montessori practical life

Montessori ‘Practical Life’ activities focus on the care of the child’s own person (personal dressing and grooming), care of the environment (cleaning, caring for plants and pets, preparing food), development of fine and gross motor skills, and learning courteous behavior and conflict resolution. The Benefits of Practical Life Independence, Confidence, and Self-Care The activities of […]

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I'm never at a loss to find new practical life activities. I look around our home and think of all the things my three-year-old still has to learn! How about learning to fill the pepper mill or using a combination lock? Here are four new practical life activities we've been trying this week. Filling a Pepper Mill - dry pouring with a funnel, including opening and closing the mill. The funnel is interesting to use, if you pour in too much or too quickly in it will get blocked, the child needs…

MontessoriMissEmily on Instagram: "More Practical Life activities from my Montessori shelf for St. Patrick’s Day from last year. Each of these activities help to develop the toddler or preschooler’s fine motor skills and control of movement abilities. These prewriting activities are easy to do yourself, and toddler moms can easily incorporate them into their home Montessori environments! ☘️💚 #montessori #finemotorskills #montessoriteacher #montessoriinspired #montessoritoddler…

Valentine Vane | How2Montessori on Instagram: "PRACTICAL LIFE ACTIVITIES 🧹 👶From around 12 months “Help me do it myself” Maria Montessori believed concentration was the first essential for the child‘s development; but concentration can only happen through ACTIVE and PURPOSEFUL learning which children need so much. Only through repetition of these activities will a child be able to develop concentration and all completely effortlessly! Parents sometimes find it strange to discover…

Montessori family house cleaning plus a roundup of Montessori-inspired sweeping activities for preschoolers.

I can't remember where I saw the idea for this sweeping activity (sorry!), but today I set my two-year-old up with a basket of pompoms, a small hand-held sweeper, and a dustpan. She poured the pompoms onto the table... ...diligently used the broom to sweep them into the dustpan... ...emptied the dustpan into the basket... ...and then started all over again: She must have done this 15 times, and each time was just as fun and satisfying as the time before. If you're looking for a simple way to…

Little Bee has entered a "sensitive period" for buttoning his shirts and folding his clothes. I believe that he gained this love for buttoning from his beginning work with the Montessori dressing frames. This Montessori Care of Self post includes dressing frames, folding work, and independently putting clothes away. Montessori Dressing Frames At 3 years […]

Sonny’s Montessori on Instagram: “🥣 Spoon and Transfer 🥣⁣ Spooning and transferring work has been a go-to activity in our home this summer. These invitations are easy to set…”