What Montessori stuff do you do at home with your toddler that helps

Following I have the same problem 🙈

The most “Montessori” thing you can do at home is including them whenever feasible on things you do at home. Cleaning up, dishes, laundry. They’re obviously not going to be very helpful and probably cause you more work than anything but that’s as Montessori as it gets.

@MJ_xo that's hilarious that you would put it that way thank you I feel like I already do this and my son is taking to it and proud of himself but I most certainly want to do more. We live in a family's home right now so that I can't make a gigantic mess but I do love having him in the kitchen the most I just wish I could do more for him and include him more in the kitchen stuff

@MJ_xo I have a sincere question which is a mom at the playground told me when her daughter was put into Montessori her speech language self-care and independent skyrocketed, so in my brain fog I keep wondering like what is it about the methodology again that actually helps children Excel like that. Sometimes I'm worried that if there's no Reggio then they won't learn the social aspect I don't want them to be overly independent but team mentality matters to me. I'd love to hear your feedback or your experience

I’m literally in the same boat. We have way too many toys but she plays with them all in different ways so I’m stuck. We do more things to be self sufficient all he dishes are where she can reach so she gets her own plates and silverware and sometimes water and snacks. She cleans up after herself at meal times. She cuts her own fruit. She helps me bake and has her own things to decorate while I’m working. It’s all about teaching life skills and problem solving

Our entire house is set up with Montessori principles in mind! We keep all our sons clothes at an accessible height for him to get to on his own, snacks he’s allowed to have sit at his height in both the fridge and the dry pantry, we keep flash cards in a ziplock in the same area everyday, he gets involved in cooking & baking & dishwashing, he’ll help me collect laundry & toss it in to the washer. He pours his own drinks most the time too and at night since day one of him being home I’d do a nightly reset of his spaces and toys so he’d wake up looking at what it should look like, and now we’re two years deep and he starts independently collecting & putting things away at nights.