Teach Me to Do It Myself: Montessori Activities for You and Your Child

Based on the key Montessori principle that children learn best through active experience, <i>Teach Me to Do It Myself</i> presents simple activities through which children explore and develop their skills. These skill areas include sensory perceptions, body coordination, language, understanding of numbers, and movement. This practical, color-illustrated parenting book is filled with activities and instructions for overseeing children as they carry out a variety of learning activities. Most activities will seem simple to parents, because once mastered, adults perform them automatically. However, toddlers experience a sense of accomplishment and self-worth when they learn to perform them independently. The many activities start with dressing and personal hygiene, then go on to include . . . <ul type=disc><li>Pouring activities<li>Threading and sewing activities<li> Peg activities<li>Cutting with scissors<li>Sorting activities by touch<li>A color matching game<li>Making musical scales with bottles and water<li>Using alphabet tiles to make words<li>Growing things in a window box<li>Making finger puppets</ul>Activities are described in detail and include checklists of needed items, as well as variations and related activities for children to try.