Sweeping the floor, scrubbing the table, and other household chores are fun, empowering play for little helping hands! Montessori school teacher Saniyyah Kahalilallah teaches 12 practical life skills in a colourful, step-by-step photographic format specially designed for 2- to 5-year-olds. The interactive skills chart with sliding windows makes it fun for kids to record their daily accomplishments. Offer a toddler a just-their-size broom, a mini scrubbing brush, and this hands-on photo guide, and they'll be delighted to help! In this colourful guide specially created for 2- to 5-year-olds, Montessori teacher Saniyyah Khalilallah teaches practical life skills, from washing windows and watering plants to setting the table. The Montessori tradition teaches children these activities to foster independence, build concentration, develop strength in motor skills, and encourage community responsibility. The hands-on skills help kids move their bodies and are building blocks for future academic success. Teach a toddler or preschooler to care for their environment is simple. Just pull out this book, follow the photos and simple steps, and they'll be inspired to set the table, wash dishes, clean their room, and more - all by themselves! The book features an interactive skills chart with sliding windows, so when a kid completes a task, they can slide the reward window to say, "I Did it!" and feel proud of their independent skills! AGES: 2 to 5 AUTHOR: Saniyyah Khalilallah is a certified Montessori educator with over ten years of experience teaching children aged 3 to 6 years old. A passionate advocate of the Montessori philosophy, she shares activities that focus on practical life skills on her blog, skmontessori.com, and offers consulting services to parents who are beginning their journey of setting up a Montessori-inspired homeschool environment. She lives in Chicago, Illinois. SELLING POINTS: . The Montessori education empowers kids ages 2 to 5 to complete activities on their own, build independence, develop concentration, gain a sense of order, and strengthen motor skills. The activities in this book help kids care for themselves the Montessori way, and feel proud! . Little kids like to do things on their own, and it's a natural expression of their desire to model adult behaviour and participate in the world around them. Learning the routines of cleaning, dressing, and caring for themselves fosters independent, happy children . Preschoolers are delighted to join the fun when they see the colourful pictures of kids just like them practicing self-care. The step-by-step photos for self-care tasks from hand washing to getting dressed are specially written to ensure success for 2- to 5-year-olds. And when they've completed the task, they can slide the window on the skill chart to declare, " I Did It!."
