Basic Exercises

So, as a Montessori teacher, I bet that you’re thinking about revamping your Fall Practical Life shelves for this coming school year. How can you make your shelves interesting to …

Spooning is a Basic Exercise within the Practical Life area of a Montessori classroom. One of the first lessons introduced in the early childhood classroom, this work further develops focus, …

Kids love Open Close trays! Some of the best Practical Life for young children are quite simple to put together. In this case, we have an “Open and Close Bottles” …

Children in a Montessori Early Childhood classroom truly enjoy Wet Pouring work, one of the early Basic Exercises in the Practical Life area. The best part about wet pouring is …

Sponging is one of the first basic lessons a child learns in an Early Childhood Montessori classroom. Sponging Learning Aims The child develops visual discrimination and fine motor skills. He …

My friend brought her two girls over to our home the other day. V turned three in October and is thriving in a Montessori school. Her younger sister turned one …