When taken seriously and presented as approachable and independent tasks, these practical life activities allow children to develop one of the most important skills in child development.

The skill of Independence,  The attached checklist is composed of a series of activities that may seem far from educational. However, not everything that counts can be counted and during these independent tasks, the child is learning to follow a complex motor sequence, independently, in order to play their part in the world. These skills, when offered early in life, allow children to believe in themselves as well as develop the self-discipline needed for success throughout their lives.

This series of activities have been curated carefully to align with academic disciplines, developing the same key fundamental executive and emotional skills. Math, reading, and language all require children to have the ability to focus, to be able to follow logical and sequential steps, make intelligent choices, see a task through from start to finish, persist when one makes a mistake, and to correct any mistakes—and all of these are present in the process of completing these practical life activities.