Setting up a definite area in your home is crucial to successful independent work for your young child. This video discusses the elements of furniture needed for engaged activity.

Now that you have established a workplace and have a shelf to place work upon, it is time to create a work schedule. It helps to establish a consistent start time similar to your children's school schedule.

How to carefully and thoughtfully introduce items onto your child's work shelf.

Providing the right, child-size, tools and having them readily available in a manner that will allow for independent care of the home will make a great difference in the engagement of your child. This lesson helps you set up your home for your child to help around the house in an independent and enthusiastic way.

Window washing is a favorite activity in the classroom and at home. It is simple to set up and the children love to wash the windows all by themselves.

How to set up an easy and successful shoe changing bench near the entrance to your home.

How to set up an activity or a specific table for grooming.

This is the first of three videos on the Dressing Frames and how to present the same skills at home without the frames. This presentation includes snaps and zippers.

This lesson continues with the Dressing Frames and presents alternative methods for buttons, hook and eyes, and buckles.

The bow tying frame is demonstrated using shoes and boots that can take the place of the traditional bow tying frame in the Montessori classroom.

The lacing frame is usually the last frame to be presented to the child. Lacing shoes and boots can serve as a real-life substitute for the lacing frame. This video shows how you can prepare a boot to be used to present and practice lacing.

A preliminary Practical Life Exercise beginning with crushing egg shells with a mortar and pestle leading to using the mortar and pestle in the kitchen for preparing pesto.

This is a very poular exercise in the Montessori Primary classroom. The child can prepare and bake an egg for oneself or choose to serve the dish to a friend.

Spooning (or transferring material from one bowl to another) is a basic lesson for the young child (ages 2-4) that builds independence, hand strength, and eye-hand coordination.

The use of an eye dropper and baster are great early activities for the young child. These exercises build hand strength, fine motor development and prepare the child for more complicated activities using these items.

The first pouring exercise introduces the child to transferring rice or other small grains from one small pitcher to another. It provides the child with a fun and easy material to practice careful pouring.

The first water pouring exercise allows the child to practice pouring water to a definite line on a vessel. This is great practice for self-care and pouring one's own drinks.

This exercise gives the child the sensorial experience of the constancy of matter by transferring water between different shaped vessels. For the young child this is simply an exercise of pouring, but an indirect aim is to give the child an experience how the quantity of water does not change as the shape takes new form.

In this material the child experiences pour water into two equal containers. The control of error is increased as the child needs to carefully control the amount of water poured into each vessel. This is an indirect experience of fractions and division.

This exercise presents pouring water from a pitcher into four equal containers. It helps the child develop precise movement, eye/hand control, and is an indirect preparation for fractions and division.

Opening and Closing boxes and other items is an important skill for gaining independence and fine motor development. It is a skill that can be introduced to the very young child.

Opening and closing clothespins is a fun and engaging activity for young children. It builds independence, hand strength and pincer grasp in preparation for handwriting.

Unlocking and locking padlocks is a fun activity that helps the child build hand strength and independence. It also is an indirect preparation for handwriting.

Engaging activities of balance and graceful movement on "the Line". Activities begin with simple careful movement to carrying objects and moving to music.

Opening and closing screw-top bottles, jars and nuts and bolts aids in independence and fine motor strength and control.