The Practical Life activities in a Montessori classroom are designed to be purposeful work that lead the child to an understanding of his environment and how it works. These activities are appealing to the young child as they resemble everyday activities the child has seen adults complete. The Practical Life Area of the classroom encompasses: […]
While working in our classroom this week, we have been remembering "the basics!" The kids have really come so far this year, but sometimes we have to remember the little things: rolling up the mats just right so they fit in the basket, leaving our activities ready for the next person to use, making sure we are walking around the mats (rather than hopping over them!), lining up the trays on the edge of the shelf, etc... I started taking the kids on a "Fixing Walk" around our classroom at the end of each morning. This is when we stand in one area of the classroom and fix anything which might be out of place. By the end of the week, I sat in a chair and said to the children, "I'm going to close my eyes and sit in this chair while you go on a 'Fixing Walk.' I'll know when you are done when everyone sits back down and tells me to open my eyes." Well, you would have thought I had a classroom full of little elves the way they scurried about fixing and straightening everything - I couldn't help but peek through my fingers to witness this, of course! ;) What pride the students have in their classroom to take such good care of it! :) Sound Cylinders back in use after a hiatus... I find it remarkable how some materials are suddenly picked up after such a long time of inactivity! A small group of children wanted to make a maze using the Brown Stair and Pink Tower, similar to what they have seen with the Red Rods. This picture shows how the children have taken off their shoes and are taking turns walking through their maze. Tweezing practice with pearl beads. Stringing pearl beads - this is a very good challenge for most of the children in the class! We've been discussing directionality and the Compass Rose during our recent geography studies. Here, the student worked creatively with to make his own "compass rose." Teen Beads and Board. Drawing and coloring Pink Tower and Brown stair extension work. Labeling and coloring a compass rose. Drawing a block creation. Linear and skip counting with the Hundred Chain. Easel Monoprint Subtraction Snake Game Visual discrimination of length with the Red Rods. Working with phonograms using Sandpaper Letters, booklets and Small Moveable Alphabets. A weaving exercise. Pink Tower and Brown Stair work. Tracing Sandpaper Letters. Teen Board and Beads Letter writing practice on a chalkboard. Drawing a Compass Rose. Patterns with shapes and colors.
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 […]
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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 to pour the peppercorns slowly and smoothly. We...
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Check out part 1, part 2, and part 3 of our Montessori-inspired flower study! We are frugal flower pickers around here, so when I introduced this flower arranging lesson to Elise, I kind of expected her to go wild with the scissors in the garden. Instead, she sniped just a few of her favorite herbs - parsley and mint - for an edible bouquet. When I suggested she pick one of the "showier" flowers, she halfheartedly agreed, insisting that we leave the rest for the bees! If you feel like the bees in your garden are adequately supplied with nectar and pollen, and you have a flower or two to spare, try this flower arranging lesson! You'll build control and coordination of movement, as-well-as decision making skills. Plus, nothing brings the beauty of nature indoors like a bouquet of cheerful, fresh flowers! You'll need: a basket for gathering flowers scissors a selection of small vases a pitcher with water a funnel newspaper or other scrap paper for collecting leaf and stem trimmings a drying cloth coasters or doilies to place under the finished bouquets First, bring your basket and scissors to the garden and select a variety of blooms (or herbs!) to pick. Elise filled her basket with oregano and chive blossoms, parsley, echinacea, and gaillardia. Once you're back inside with the flowers, choose a vase to fill with fresh water. If the vase has a narrow opening, use the funnel. Spilled some water? No big deal! Use your drying cloth to wipe it up! Select a bloom or two to arrange in the vase. Trim the stems, and remove any leaves that are in the water. These can go in the compost or trash at the end of the lesson. Keep in mind the aesthetics of the bouquet, and don't overcrowd your vase with too many flowers! Set the finished bouquets in a safe spot while you clean up your supplies. Finally, place the bouquets on coasters or doilies around the house. Enjoy!
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Since the start of the new year, I've introduced practical life with food activities into our weekly learning time themes. They have been a HUGE hit! We've done many practical life activities involving food in the past, but they were usually part of kitchen, baking or holiday units. They weren't something that was available week after week like they are now. When introduced to Montessori, I first fell in love with practical life activities. My kiddos did too. The activities were engaging. Results manifested themselves in so many ways, especially in the area of fine motor skills. Since that time, my kiddos still enjoy working on practical life skills, but they've become a bit sloppy with their activities. They don't really care if they spill water or a bunch of dried beans. In fact Bulldozer LOVES watching contents spill and splash. He craves visual input. Last month, I observed my kiddos to see if they were ready to move on from practical life activities. Perhaps their sloppiness was a sign of boredom? That wasn't it though. There are still many skills they haven't mastered. Then it dawned on me. They needed to care about the contents of the activities! What if I switched out dried beans for edible food items they enjoy? What if I let them eat their finished activity? I wondered... You wouldn't believe how much improvement I've seen in the kiddos' skills in just two weeks using food for practical life activities. Spilling the contents of their snacks and drinks during preparation has natural consequences. When the successful result of an activity matters, the kiddos work much harder to be precise and accurate. This makes me extremely happy. Our month long learning time theme for January is Winter. So far we've completed two units: The Arctic Unit and Hockey Unit. Here's what our practical life with food activities have looked like. You'll notice I provide a lot of variety within each activity. This is due to food allergies and oral sensory issues related to some of the kiddos' autism. In our case, more variety provides more opportunities for every single kiddo to learn. The Arctic Terrain The kiddos used various tools to transfer several different textured foods to their plates. Tools included a ladle, scoop, tongs, serving spoon, and wooden spoon. Foods included yogurt covered cranberries, Bite Size Frosted Mini Wheats, shredded coconut, vanilla yogurt (or vanilla pudding), and plain and vanilla flavored Rice Chex. The kiddos also poured water into their cups for drinking. Our second unit's practical life with food activity had multiple steps/activities included. First came the peeling. Then came the cutting. The three older kiddos did a fabulous job cutting up apples and bananas. The trick was making sure the pieces were big enough to use in the final step of the activity. The kiddos also practiced cutting cheese into cubes. This was a bit trickier for them. And then when all of our ingredients were prepared and ready, we made... Winter Snack Kabobs The kiddos made their own kabobs that included large marshmallows, apple chunks, powdered sugar mini doughnuts (or doughnut holes), cheese cubes, and/or banana chunks. Every kabob looked different. All were thoroughly enjoyed. The kiddos practiced so many practical life skills in the process! Not all of our practical life with food activities will be as elaborate as the ones I've shown above, but I can assure you there will be many to come in future unit posts. There are so many practical life skills that can be learned using food as part of the activity. Here are just a few: Spooning Scooping Tong Transfer Pouring Dry Ingredients Pouring Liquids Cutting Spreading Apple Coring Orange Juicing Peanut Shelling Nut Cracking If you'd like to see more ideas, check out my Practical Life with Food Pinterest Board. For more fabulous practical life activities, take a look at other posts included in 12 Months of Montessori Learning. Amazing blogs involved in the 12 Months of Montessori Learning Natural Beach Living ~ Living Montessori Now Mama's Happy Hive ~ Every Star Is Different If you enjoyed this post, you may like the resources below.
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Preparation: Jars & lids, pouring, using a funnel, and spooning. Materials: tray, bottles or vessels that in order to fill will require a funnel, a small funnel that will fit small grains, a small measuring spoon, a jar to hold the contents of the material being transferred (I always use quinuoa) and a small container to hold tools when not in use. Gauge the interest and readiness of the child. Can they open a jar? Can they spoon? Can they repeat multiple steps? Retrieve the material from the shelf. Tell the child: "today we are going to transfer quinuoa using a measuring spoon and a funnel." Set up is as follows: tools, quinoua and bottles. Place the first bottle directly in front of you. Put the funnel inside of it and open the jar. Pick up the spoon and carefully spoon the quinuoa into the funnel until the bottle is full. Replace the bottle to its first position and repeat the procedure until all the bottles are full. To put the job away pour the contents of the bottles back into the jar. The direct aim of this material is to increase the child's concentration by combining skills previously learned in practical life exercises such as simple spooning, pouring using a funnel and opening and closing a jar. Indirect aims involved are order, measuring volume, increased coordination, and independence.
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