Montessori Toddler Activities - Loads of Practical Life Work

Practical Life

Setting the table.  He does this every morning, as soon as Bear opens the pantry door for him.

You can see where we store all the art supplies in the pantry in the background :) These are the "extra" supplies.  I have trays set out in the school/play room for their every day type of art.

 Serving himself a snack.  He gets all the stuff he needs (bowl, placemat etc) from their "homes" and counts two handfuls.

 Trying to sweep.  He largely ignored the square he was supposed to sweep into.

 Placing marbles on the bath math.  (Those are from Target.)

 Placing the correct lid on each jar.

 Rolling out pizza dough.

 Spreading sauce and cheese.

 Squeezing water from one side to another.

Art

 Painting.

Language

 Reading the Sound Box Books.  We now go fetch as many of the items they talk about in the books and act out the book.  He did a bit of flower arranging with the violets in the pinch pot. 

 Practicing the "pencil finger" in the salt box.

Culture

After I sang the continent song to him with the continent map, I witnessed this later in the afternoon.  He had placed some of the puzzle pieces and the animals correctly!!!  I had left it on the table and he'd sat down to start using it. 

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