I Help at Home!: I Can Clean My Room, Fold Laundry, Set the Table, and More: Montessori Life Skills

(Hardback)

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Teach your child 12 practical life skills through colorful, step-by-step pictures and an interactive skills chart with sliding windows that makes it fun for kids to record their daily accomplishments. Sweeping, scrubbing, dusting, and picking up are perfect hands-on activities for teaching toddlers to care for their environment, while also fostering independence and developing strong motor skills. Inspired by the Montessori curriculum, this colorful guide specially created for 2- to 5-year-olds, teaches practical life skills with step-by-step photos. From setting a table to washing dishes, dusting shelves, and cleaning the bedroom, toddlers and preschoolers learn the confidence and satisfaction that comes from being able to help at home. The unique book format features an interactive skills chart with sliding windows on the inside back cover, encouraging toddlers to complete the task, slide the window and proudly say, I Did It! .

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"Created with clarity and simplicity... An engaging introduction to basic household skills."--Booklist, starred review
"Wonderfully breaks down tasks into bite-size chunks with well-written instructions... this book will build a sense of accomplishment in a child."--School Library Journal

Author Bio

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.