Every day our students come to school eager to choose a job and work with that material to the best of their ability. They are acquiring new skills and working towards mastery through teacher-directed lessons and lots of practice! These newly acquired skills allow children to perform everyday tasks in the real world. For example, when our toddlers made their own vanilla pudding, the acquired skills to make the pudding came from practical life spooning, pouring, and stirring jobs on the shelves. Learning to roll a mat will help them to roll their own rest mat. The practical life job of opening and closing containers will help them learn to open and close their lunch box. The Montessori classroom is truly an environment for lifelong learning!
We had so much fun making our vanilla pudding. It was yummy!!
This number puzzle is one of our favorites!
Bottle opening and closing. Sometimes you might find a hidden surprise!
The children have shown such determination to put on /take off their own shoes, boots, and jackets. They love to say, “I DID IT”!
” The goal of early childhood education should be to activate the child’s own natural desire to learn.” Maria Montessori
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