What are practical life activities?
The Practical Life Activities are the first activities the child is introduced to in the Montessori environment since they can immediately satisfy the childs inner desire for skills and self-sufficiency. Beginning at the age of 2, children greatly benefit from an environment that has order and consistency. This begins upon their daily arrival at school with a routine schedule of free choice of activity in the morning, circle time, group time, and snack, designated days for special activities, outdoor play, and a dismissal story. The environment is a prepared environment since it is specifically prepared to meet all the childs stages of developmental needs. The manipulative are specially selected and each introduced precisely when the child is ready. It is conducted on an individual level. Through introduction, reinforcement, and repetition, each child masters the apparatus at their own pace. Children will gradually begin to develop a lengthier attention span and an increased concentrat
