A Review on the Effects of Montessori Practical Life Activities in Developing Fine Motor Skills in Kindergartners and Proposals for Application in Vietnam

Abstract

Motor development is an important issue in the early stages of every child's life. Children develop motor skills with age at different rates. Fine motor skills are skills that use the small muscles that control the hands and fingers to help children perform many difficult movements. There are many studies that show that the practical life field in the Montessori method is effective for children's fine motor development. Therefore, the goal of the paper is to provide an assessment of the evidence base for the practice of life field in Montessori education and to suggest practical life activities to put into practice. In early childhood education programs in Vietnam. Besides, the paper provide a review of the evidence base for Montessori education, with the dual aspirations of stimulating future research and helping teachers to better understand whether and why Montessori education might be effective.