Baking is a holiday tradition for many no matter what the celebration. What better way to practice life skills and get into the holiday spirit than to bake cookies! The children in the elementary classroom combined reading, math, and home economics by baking gingerbread cookies for the school-wide Christmas party! Doubling the recipe required the children to practice mathematical operations while precise measuring and detailed decorating enhanced fine motor skills. As one of the children pointed out, "It is beginning to look a lot like Christmas" as the icing for the cookies was being made. Powdered sugar filled the air, dusted the tables, chairs, floors, and the children! Oh what fun it was to observe the children working cooperatively together as they mixed, rolled, cut, baked, and decorated yummy gingerbread.
Practical life in the elementary classroom is practiced daily through routines, jobs, and life experiences to help the child develop independence so that they may become fully capable and responsible adults. Skills pertaining to care of self, care of environment, and living things, along with grace and courtesy remain invaluable to the Montessori curriculum. Exercises in Practical Life also serve as important social lessons.
Happy Holidays from all of us at LifeSong Montessori and thank you for sharing the gift of your precious children with us each and every day!
Practical life in the elementary classroom is practiced daily through routines, jobs, and life experiences to help the child develop independence so that they may become fully capable and responsible adults. Skills pertaining to care of self, care of environment, and living things, along with grace and courtesy remain invaluable to the Montessori curriculum. Exercises in Practical Life also serve as important social lessons.
Happy Holidays from all of us at LifeSong Montessori and thank you for sharing the gift of your precious children with us each and every day!
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