Jacket Flip
A toddler is constantly growing in independence and responsibility, and a Montessori Toddler Directress is striking a balance between offering to help, and holding back when the child can do for himself. An important saying among Montessori communities is, “Every unnecessary help is a hindrance to development.” Montessori Tides prepared Toddler environment provides a child with both proper materials and experiences of discovering independently and thereby becomes confident.
Along with cooler weather comes jackets, so in the video below, our Montessori Tides Toddler Program, shares a child’s effort at the “jacket flip”. This method is used in the classroom because it allows the child to put on their coat almost completely independently. By also using this method at home the child can practice, and master their self-dressing skills.
Along with the video demonstration, I have also stepped out in words how to aid a child in putting on their own coat and foster independence.
- The coat is laid out at the child’s feet upside down to them
- They are able to insert their arms into the holes from the floor. “Put your arms in deep”
- The coat is then lifted and swung over their head enabling their arms to slip down
- “You did it”
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