Montessori practical life

If you are new to Montessori, practical life is a great way to start with children under the age of six. Today I want to share some practical life activities we've been using with our three-year-old (42 months). These are useful for us right now as they are based on skills we are wanting to teach our child or are based on tasks we need help with around our home. These activities use materials we already have. Cleaning eyeglasses - the aim of this activity is to show the child how to handle…

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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…

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Thank you to Lauren Franchek for sharing her beautiful classroom with us! You can find links to explore the other areas of her classroom at the bottom of this page. This is the Practical Life area of her Montessori classroom. Lauren has a great eye for selecting attractive and unique materials. One corner of the […]

We've been celebrating Montessori learning all week, and I couldn't end without hitting upon one of the cornerstones of Montessori education - practical life skills (Not familiar with the concept? You can find a great

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…”

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…

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 […]

The Montessori curriculum typically has five core areas: Practical Life, Sensorial, Math, Language, and Cultural (or science and geography).