Montessori 

Age-Appropriate Practical Life Skills

12 months 18 months 24 months
SLICING BANANAS BUTTERING TOAST GRATING CHEESE
PEELING BANANAS JUICING ORANGES MEASURING LIQUIDS
MIXING INGREDIENTS USE AN APPLE SLICER CRACK AN EGG
USING ROLLING PIN PEEL AN EGG GETTING DRESSED
POURING LIQUIDS PEEL CARROTS FOLDING TOWELS
WASHING FRUIT & VEG PEEL POTATOES FOLD CLOTHING
PUT GROCERIES AWAY SETTING TABLE MAKING BED
DRINK FROM A GLASS POUR WATER INTO GLASS HANG CLOTHES ON
SORTING SILVERWARE WASHING BODY HANGER
DUMPING LIQUIDS WASHING HAIR ARRANGING FLOWERS
USING A FORK TO EAT DRY OFF AFTER BATH WINDOW WASHING
WIPING TABLE CLEAN GOING TO TOILET VACUUMING
UNLOAD DISHWASHER BLOWING NOSE UNDRESSING
HELP WASH DISHES PUTTING LOTION ON USING TOILET
BRUSHING TEETH FOLDING WASHCLOTHS PREPARING OWN SNACK
BRUSHING HAIR WIPING SINK GROW OWN PLANT
WASHING HANDS RESTOCK TOILET PAPER COOK SCRAMBLED EGGS
PUT TOYS AWAY ARRANGE BOOKSHELF GETTING OWN DRINK
TURN LIGHTS ON/OFF HANG CLOTHES TO DRY SWEEPING
PUT CLOTHES AWAY CHOOSE CLOTHES  HELP MOPPING
THROW AWAY TRASH HELP DUST SHAKING RUGS
STACK BOOKS PLANTING SEEDS WASHING OWN DISHES
BERRY PICKING COLLECTING FIREWOOD SCRUBBING POTS/PANS
WATERING GARDEN HELP FEED PETS REPLANT FLOWER POTS

*Use this list as a guide to introduce these activities to your child at the specified age IF your child is able AND shows
interest. This is not a list of things your child should have mastered at a certain age

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