The Connection Between Teaching Your Child Self-Care Tasks & Consent

• Wiping/blowing a runny nose
• Cleaning ones face after a meal
• Hair and teeth brushing

The Importance of Teaching Self-Care

Not only do these activities encourage independence but they also show our children that we understand they're in charge of their bodies and what happens to them.

Rather than roughly wiping our children's face after a meal, we can provide a wet cloth and mirror so they can clean their own face.

Self-care tasks also help our children become more in tune with their bodies and its needs, great skills to take out into the world with them.

HOW To Teach Self-Care At Each Age - From Infants to 3+

Katie has put together a short list of self-care tasks you can introduce at each age.

What's important to note is that children are often capable of so much more than we realize.

This is especially true when we start with simple steps and build on them over time, just like I had mentioned in this potty training post.

A child that has been wiping their face after meals since they were one, will be able to do it independently much sooner than a child starting at three.

So if you're interested in teaching your child more self-care skills, and you have a child between 0-4, go check out the list: https://themontessoriroom.com/blogs/montessori-tips/montessori-self-care-tasks-for-children-0-3-years-old