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Author: Ayisha Hassanali

Children working with plants, arranging flowers, washing dishes and a table, sweeping, and polishing wood.

How Does Practical Life Help?

Montessori Practical life skills allow the young child to develop motor control, self-confidence, the ability to think outside the self, empathy for others and a feeling of being productive and… Read more »

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Children stirring, serving food, pouring milk, and using a sweeper and dustpan.

What is Practical Life?

Montessori Practical Life activities can include caring for ourselves, cooking, serving food, pouring drinks, cleaning a spill, washing a window, cleaning a table, polishing a mirror, dusting, sweeping, mopping, arranging… Read more »

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Practical Life

Montessori Practical life activities are opportunities for children to participate in and contribute to their community. These skills involve care of the self, care of the indoor and outdoor environment,… Read more »

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Children working with dowels and rings, sorting 3 objects, pegs and numbered board, and a division board.

Mathematical Mind

Math is a life-long skill that children absorb as they grasp objects and start to notice patterns and sequences. The children can count pegs, coloured rings, vehicles, and so on;… Read more »

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“The Great Story”

The universe is not a collection of objects, it is a communion of subjects. The world is to be communed with, not seen as objects. It takes a universe to… Read more »

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Children working on puzzles, sorting 4 objects, and 5 dowels with rings.

More Refinement

Refinement of movement activities such as scooping, tonging, dowels with rings, shape sorters, and puzzles aid a child in concentration, growth and independence.

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Children using a shape sorter, 3 dowels with rings, lacing beads, and sorting 3 objects

Refinement of Movement

Montessori Refinement of Movement materials help children to refine small movements of the hand; to exercise and develop hand-eye coordination; and to coordinate two hands working together.

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Wisdom from Thomas Berry

In reality, there is a single integral community of the Earth that includes all it’s component members whether human or other than human.  In this community, every being has it’s… Read more »

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