Preparing their own snack: cutting half of an apple (cut horizontally) using an apple slicer, squeezing orange juice, spreading cream cheese or jam on half of a bagel or bread.

Slicing vegetables and fruit for snack and dinner.

Baking: have ingredients pre-measured and in jars.

• Care of Self

Dressing and Undressing: give your child enough time to practice dressing and undressing by themself.

Toileting: It’s important to continue with the toilet learning process.

• Care of Environment
  • Mopping, sweeping, or use of a dustpan and dust brush.
  • Helping with laundry.
  • Watering plants and leaf washing.
  • Window washing, dusting, and wood polishing of large furniture in the home.
  • Taking care of pets.
  • Loading and unloading dishwasher, dishwashing by hand.

ART WORK

• Coloring
• Painting
• Collage
• Play-dough
• Sidewalk Chalk

OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES

• It is always fun for children to spend time with their parents in nature. So take some time out of your busy schedule to explore outdoors with your child. I guarantee, you’d enjoy the experience as well as your children would. Here are a few ideas for connecting your child with nature:
  • If you have 15 minutes:
    Watch the clouds and see what animals you can make out of them.
    • Hug some trees and try to find one that your arms fit perfectly around.
  • Turn over a rock and see what is hiding underneath.
  • If you have 30 minutes:
    Do a backyard/nature treasure hunt.
    • Try your hand at rock stacking.
    • Grab some leaves or pieces of bark and race them down a creek.
  • If you have an hour:
    Go for a walk and make note of all the sounds you hear.
    • Find a nature trail and help children make up a game or collect bugs or leaves
  • Pack some food and have a picnic.

LANGUAGE

• Name things in both indoor and outdoor environments.
• Read together: let your child choose the books, talk about how the characters might be feeling, and wonder together what will happen next. Reading with your child teaches more than literacy and language skills. He is learning that you value his interests and choices, and that you love him and enjoy being close to him. Studies show that lifelong readers are those who, as children, simply found reading a pleasurable experience.
• Sing songs and do finger-plays.
• Narrate what you do as you go through your daily routines.
• This helps your child connect words with objects and actions. “I’m washing the dishes. I’m squeezing the yellow dish soap into the warm water.”

All these activities will help limit screen time.

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Thank you also to Arbor Montessori School, in particular, for additional content and to the numerous Montessori collaborators worldwide who have helped supply ideas and activities. This blog is a testament to the spirit of cooperation and work in service to the children of the world.