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Montessori
Practical
Life
Activities
for
1-‐5
Years
Gross
Motor
Skills
Kitchen
Life
Skills
&
Food
Prep
❏ Roll
a
Mat
and
Put
it
Away
❏ Sort
Cutlery
❏ Walk
Around
the
Mat
❏ Open
and
Close
Lids
❏ Carry
a
Chair
❏ Screw
and
Unscrew
Lids
❏ Carry
Objects
on
a
Tray
❏ Sort
Beans
❏ Carry
Liquids
on
a
Tray
❏ Pour
Water
❏ Walk
on
the
Line
❏ Pour
Water
into
a
Funnel
❏ Sit
on
the
Line
❏ Sponge
Transfer
❏ Sit/Walk
Next
to
the
Line
❏ Wash
Vegetables
and
Fruit
❏ Stack
a
Tower
with
Blocks
❏ Wash
Dishes
or
Nesting
Boxes
❏ Wash
the
Table
❏ Clap
Hands
to
Music
❏ Peel
a
Carrot
❏ Tap
Sticks
to
Music
❏ Peel
and
Cut
a
Banana
❏ Dance
without
Falling
❏ Cut
an
Apple
❏ Outdoor
Play
–
Climbing
❏ Set
a
Table
❏ Enjoy
Daily
Walks
❏ Fold
Napkins
with
Napkin
Rings
Care
for
Self
❏ Pour
Grain,
Beans,
Rice,
Salt
❏ Feed
Self
with
a
Fork,
❏ Spoon
Grain,
Beans,
Rice,
Spoon,
&
Cup
Salt
❏ Use
Dressing
Frames
❏ Slice
Eggs
❏ Dress
Self
–
Zipper,
Shoes,
❏ Old-‐fashioned
Egg
Beater
or
Velcro,
Shirt,
Pants,
Whisk
Underwear,
Jacket
❏ Pack
a
Lunch
or
Snack
❏ Use
Toilet,
Wipe,
&
Flush
❏ Pour
Water
from
a
❏ Wash
Hands,
Face,
&
Body
Thermos
❏ Brush
Teeth
❏ Clean
a
Placemat
❏ Clean
&
Clip
Nails
❏ Sift
Flour
❏ Stir
a
Mixture
Life
Skills
❏ Scoop/Spoon
flour,
sugar,
❏ Insert
Batteries
into
a
salt
Flashlight
❏ Cut
a
Piece
of
Bread
❏ Match
Locks
&
Keys
❏ Use
a
“real”
Knife
❏ Threading
&
Unthreading
❏ Crack
Nuts
Nuts
on
Bolts
❏ Butter
a
Piece
of
Bread
(3.5
❏ Wooden
Hammer
&
Pegs
y/o)
❏ Dial
9-‐1-‐1,
Learn
Home
❏ Make
Orange
Juice
(3.5
y/o)
Address
&
Phone
Number
❏ Help
with
Simple
Cooking
(3
y/o)
❏ Turkey
Baster
for
Liquid
❏ Recycle
Transfer
❏ Take
out
the
Trash
❏ Use
a
Rolling
Pin
and
❏ Hammer
Nails
(4
y/o)
Cookie
Cutters
(4
y/o)
❏ Pack
an
Overnight
Bag
(4
❏ Serve
Liquid
with
a
Ladle
(4
y/o)
y/o)
❏ Wrap
a
Present
(5
y/o)
❏ Pour
Water
into
a
Narrow
Neck
Bottle
(4
y/o)
Montessori
Practical
Life
Activities
for
1-‐5
Years
Care
for
Clothes
Fine
Motor
Skills
❏ Clip
Clothespins
❏ Transfer
Activities
–
❏ Roll
a
Pair
of
Socks
Fingers,
Tweezers,
Tongs,
❏ Use
Clothes
Pegs
Eyedroppers,
Magnets
❏ Hang
Up
and
Put
Clothes
❏ Q-‐Tips
&
Toothpicks
Away
Transferring
into
❏ Wash
Clothes
Corresponding
Holes
❏ Hang
Jacket
on
Low
Hook
❏ Stack
Coins
(4
y/o)
❏ Fold
a
T-‐Shirt
(3.5
y/o)
❏ Grate
Soap
(4
y/o)
❏ Folding
Work
(Towels)
Art
–
Fine
Motor
Work
Care
for
the
Environment
❏ Wash
an
Easel
❏ Use
a
Dustpan
and
Brush
❏ Clean
a
Vinyl
Apron
❏ Sweep
with
a
Broom
❏ Sharpen
Pencils
❏ Wipe
up
a
Spill
❏ Color
Salt
❏ Dust
❏ Drawing
❏ Polish
–
Wood,
Metal,
❏ Sponge
Painting
Leather
❏ Rubbings
❏ Plant
a
Seed
❏ Stickers
❏ Garden
Work
❏ Stamping
❏ Clean
a
House
Plant
❏ Modeling
with
Clay
❏ Clean
a
Window
or
Mirror
❏ Unwinding
and
Winding
❏ Flower
Arranging
Yarn
❏ Put
Materials
Away
on
the
❏ Tearing
Tissue
Paper
Shelf
❏ Cutting
with
Scissors
❏ Gluing
Care
for
Animals
❏ Mix
Colored
Water
(4
y/o)
❏ Feed
a
Pet
❏ Wash
a
Pet
Sewing
❏ Keep
a
Clean
Environment
❏ Threading
Napkin
Holders
for
the
Pet
onto
a
Scarf
❏ Gentleness
for
the
Pet
❏ Threading
Large
Beads
onto
a
Straw
Manners
❏ Bead
Stringing
❏ Daily
Greeting
❏ Sort
Buttons
by
Size/Color
❏ Draw
a
Person’s
Attention
❏ Sequencing
❏ Say
“Please”
and
“Thank
❏ Weave
a
Ribbon
(4y/o)
You”
❏ Lacing
❏ Table
Manners
❏ Braiding
❏ Answer
the
Telephone
❏ Simple
Use
of
Thread
and
❏ Blow
the
Nose
Needle
❏ Cough
and
Sneeze
❏ Sew
a
Button
onto
Cloth