Tim Seldin & Paul Epstein Ph.D. An Education for Life

(Above) Sewing
By learning how to sew, children not only learn a Practical Life skill,
they also develop fine-motor skills.
(Above and right) Gardening in and outside the Montessori classroom
A sense of beauty is a key element of Montessori. This young student, pictured
above, is planting flowers in the class garden, which will later be cut to place in
the bud vases on each table in her classroom. The boy to the right is helping to
care for the plants in his indoor environment.
“Adults work to finish a task, but the child works
in order to grow and is working to create the adult,
the person that is to be.” — Montessori
A GUIDED TOUR OF MONTESSORI CLASSROOMS — PRACTICAL LIFE
(Above) Animals in the Montessori environment
Children learn to care for the small animals being raised in or outside
the classroom.
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