Montessori Practical Life Materials for Toddlers & Preschool

Wooden Cleaning Guide - Montessori Practical Life

The Wooden Cleaning Guide is a classic Montessori aid for sweeping exercises. It gives the child a clearly defined working area and helps concentrate movements while gathering dust or small debris.

How it is used: The teacher places the guide on the floor. The child sweeps particles into the semicircular opening, keeping all debris within the boundary. When the area inside the guide is clean, the child carefully transfers the collected debris into a dustpan. This supports control of movement, order, and real contribution to Care of the Environment.

Traditional Montessori Sweeping Set – Metal

This high-quality Montessori sweeping set is made in Germany and built to last. It’s designed for children to practice real-life cleaning and develop independence, coordination, and responsibility — all essential parts of the Practical Life area.

The set includes a child-sized natural hair brush with a smooth wooden handle and a curved metal dustpan that sits flush to the floor for easy sweeping. Children learn to collect small bits of dust, sand, or crumbs and transfer them carefully into the dustpan — an activity that refines motor control, promotes order, and supports Care of the Environment.

Help children develop independence and responsibility with this Montessori practical life cleaning set designed just for them.

• Durable blue plastic dustpan
• Small brush with wooden handle and synthetic bristles
• Child-sized floor broom with wooden handle and synthetic bristles (length: 53 cm / 21 in)

Perfectly scaled for little hands, this floor sweeping set encourages children to care for their environment while practicing coordination, concentration, and fine motor skills.

Recommended age: 3+

Mop with Wooden Handle

This child-sized Montessori mop is an essential tool for practical life activities, allowing children to actively participate in caring for their environment. With its lightweight wooden handle and soft cotton mop head, it is easy for young children to use both at home and in the classroom.

Using the mop helps children build independence, coordination, and responsibility while strengthening motor skills through meaningful real-life tasks.

• Child-sized mop with wooden handle
• Soft and absorbent cotton mop head
• Length: 62 cm / 24.4 in

Recommended age: 2+ years

Straw Broom – Montessori Practical Life

This lightweight Montessori straw broom with a bamboo handle is made from natural, eco-friendly materials. Perfectly sized for young children, it allows them to practice real sweeping movements with a tool that feels and looks just like an adult one — but designed for their small hands.

Children love using the straw broom to keep their classroom or home environment tidy. Sweeping activities help develop concentration, balance, coordination, and independence — key goals of the Practical Life area in Montessori education.

This child-sized mop features an adjustable telescopic handle.

Designed to encourage independence and responsibility, it enables children to actively participate in maintaining their environment.

The mop head is removable and washable, ensuring easy cleaning and durability.

The handle adjusts from 23 to 40 inches length.

Ideal for children ages 2-12.

Dust, Sweep & Mop Set with Wooden Stand

This six-piece housekeeping set gives children all the tools they need to practice caring for their environment. Perfectly sized for kids and built to last, each piece is lightweight, comfortable to use, and encourages independence, coordination, and responsibility.

Practical Life Stand - Montessori Organization for Brooms, Brushes & Aprons

This sturdy Montessori Practical Life Stand is crafted from solid beech wood. It helps children keep cleaning tools neat and accessible, supporting independence, order, and care of the environment.

How it is used: Children hang each item on the pegs and return tools to their place after sweeping or dusting. The clear, dedicated home for every material encourages responsibility and tidy routines in Practical Life areas.

Window Washing Activity is one of the favorite Practical Life activities in the Montessori classroom!

Encourage young children to embrace the joy of cleaning windows and mirrors without the need for external rewards – the sheer satisfaction of achieving sparkling surfaces is motivation enough!

Our Window Washing Set comes with all the necessary tools and offers an opportunity to develop valuable skills.

Demonstrate to children how to use the 6-inch spray bottle effectively, guiding them on where to direct the spray.

The yellow acrylic squeegee, with its 6-inch by 5½-inch rubber blade, presents an additional challenge to master.

Egg Slicing/Peeling Activity Set includes:
Egg Slicer, Stainless Steel Tongs (4.75” long), Small Porcelain Bowl for the Egg Shells (2.5” in diameter), Medium Porcelain Bowl for Sliced Eggs (3.5” in diameter), Large Porcelain Bowl with Handles (5.5” in diameter), Wooden Cutting Board (8”x 5”), Six Egg Holder, Small Sponge for clean up, Large Size Tray with Handles (14”x 9.5”).
PRESENTATION:
1.    Show the child how to carry the tray to the table.
2.    Place 2-6 hard boiled eggs into the Large Porcelain Bowl with Handles (5.5” in diameter). Walk slowly with the bowl full of eggs!
3.    Bring the bowl back to the tray.

Children love serving sliced bananas to their friends!

Banana Slicing Activity Set includes:

Stainless steel tongs, 4.75” long.

Large glass bowl with handles, 9” x 4.5”.

Large porcelain bowl with handles, 5.5” x 4.5”

Medium porcelain bowl, 3.5” in diameter.

Wooden cutting board 8”x 5”.

Small knife with wooden handle, 5”L.

Small sponge.

Large size tray with handles, 14” x 9.5”.

Show children how to squeeze juice and carefully pour into a glass for themselves or a friend.
The Juicer also works for lemons and limes.

The whole set includes:

Plastic Juicer,

Large glass bowl (4” in diameter),

Glass pitcher (3" base x 7" deep),

Small glass (1.5" base x 2.25" deep),

Sponge,

Large size tray with handles (14”x 9.5”).