13/12/2021
Children are often more enthusiastic about house “chores” then adults anticipate. In Montessori philosophy we call this area of mastery/innate urge to master daily life tasks, “Practical Life”.
A quick google on Practical Life activities at home and you’ll find endless fun, age-appropriate, easy-to-make “works” (another Montessori verbiage, bc work IS play, and play IS work \(^o^)/~ in Montessori education, children attain and master skills with repeated exploration and practice, just like adults).
Here 3 y.o. Wick took it upon himself to gather the appropriate (height + stability) chair for the sink, the right tools (🧼 + 🧽) and offered to clean up the cutting board after cooking together. *tho perhaps we could’ve reminded again to roll his sleeves up 😅 but he was so knee-deep in his 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘, how could we force something so menial as a rolled>wet sleeves on him ? ✨🥰