Activities of Every Day Life
The need for order, exactness, self-correction and quiet reflection are all qualities that Montessori saw are needed for children to develop as they should. When she saw that children are particularly drawn to certain activities she concentrated on developing materials that would extend that interest. She carefully took each of the senses and thought how best she could help the children to clarify and expand their existing experiences.
By isolating specific qualities in the materials and by grading each set in ever-refined series, she was able to give the children the ability to increasingly refine each of their senses. Many of the exercises in this area are also indirect preparations for later mathematics and language work as they enable the child to order, classify, separate and describe sensory impressions in relation to length, width, temperature, mass and colour.
Activities to Develop Fine and Gross Motor Skills
Pouring
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Transferring
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Activities that Enable a Child to Look After Themself
These activities are designed to encourage and enable the child to be more self-sufficient and independent. They involve the use of fine and gross motor skills and are generally presented on a one to one basis.
Dressing Frames
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Care of Self
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Activities for Care of the Environment
These activities encourage children to develop skills, which help maintain the environment around them - for example at home or in the setting. They can be introduced as activities or through a spontaneous presentation when the need for any of them comes up.
Sweeping Using a Dustpan and Brush
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Setting the Table
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Grace and Courtesy
Grace and Courtesy within a Montessori environment and during meal times is generally introduced by teachers modelling the behaviours during the day/when the opportunity presents itself. Each setting will have its own policies and procedures when dealing with the following variants, however these are general methods that can be used as guidance.
Greeting
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Interrupting
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