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

by Saniyyah Khalilallah

Overview

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!”.

 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781635865240
Publisher:	Storey Publishing, LLC
Publication date:	02/07/2023
Sold by:	Hachette Digital, Inc.
Format:	eBook
File size:	14 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.
Age Range:	3 - 5 Years

About the 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.

Editorial Reviews

"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

"Created with clarity and simplicity... An engaging introduction to basic household skills."—Booklist, starred review

From the Publisher

03/01/2023

K-Gr 2—Khalilallah's well-documented photo essay teaches kids some fun responsibilities to help their family around the house. Using Montessori Life Skills experience, the work follows tried-and-true practices through their education programs. The book wonderfully breaks down tasks into bite-size chunks with well-written instructions paired with full-color photos showing children exactly what to do. The tasks in the book—sweeping, mopping, cleaning their rooms, dusting, tending plants, doing laundry, and more—will make a receptive kid feel like a responsible member of the household. Parents and educators will want to work through the book with children, and help them select appropriate tools, to set them up for success, but many tasks will translate to the classroom or library. VERDICT Recommend this to libraries that have partnerships with special education childhood development programs; this book will build a sense of accomplishment in a child.—David Roberts

School Library Journal