Pinay Homeschooler is a blog that shares homeschool and afterschool activity of kids from babies to elementary level.

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

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…

I recently shared our fun Farm themed printables! Today, I am sharing the practical life and fine motor activities that Y will be working on this month! A lot of these were also inspired by our farm theme (a special post for our hands on farm activities will be live soon).Here is a look at […]

“Practical Life” is a huge area of the Montessori Curriculum. It’s about giving children opportunities to engage in real everyday activities such as taking care of themselves and their surroundings, preparing food, cleaning up etc. Real. Life. Stuff. Many Montessori teachers call their fine motor activities Practical Life activities. I think of them more as […]

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…

This is an amazing list with blog links for 100+ Montessori Practical Life Skills. I have also included a free printable check list for homeschoolers.

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…

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…