Practical Life activities at Casa dei Bambini Montessori in Santa Maria enable Preschool and Pre-Kindergarten children to classify their environment and understand how things work.

These activities include pouring, transferring, sweeping, cleaning, polishing, and the use of dressing frames. All of the activities involve care of self and care of the environment.

Practical Life work builds self esteem giving preschool students a sense of value in their work.  These works are in preparation for there adult life.  By doing her work well she will retain her self-esteem and be happy as an adult.

As an adult person they will choose work they are good at and enjoy. 

Preschool children thrive in orderly environments.  Each practical life activity has a useful purpose applicable to daily life. 

The practical life area of the classroom leads to realistic life development of skills. 

The preschool child that uses these materials learns independence as well as personal and social responsibility.