The practical life exercises are a corner stone in a child’s life. They are structured and ordered with the aim of making the child independent. The materials in practical life exercises are the familiar materials which the child sees everyday in his life even at home. The materials here are child-sized so as to make the child comfortable in using them.

Practical life exercises on a surface level seems to be very simple and everyday routine work, but this has a far wider and deeper purposes to develop the child to be a confident person, help oneself, boosts up self-esteem, makes the child aware of his environment, and also develops mathematical concepts of logical thinking, decision making, estimation, one-to-one correspondence, etc. This induces in the child the element of inquiry, which in turn is the basis for all their learning in his life. PLE also can be called foundation exercises for rest of the modules under Montessori methods such as sensorial, language, mathematics and culture.

Montessori Exercises of PracticalLife:

One of the most important area where the learner has a hands on experience on all the activities that are designed to teach children life skills. These exercises provide opportunity for purposeful work which enhances the children's control over their movements, they learn to care for the environment & self, they learn social grace & courtesy. They also develop concentration, confidence, independence & a positive self-concept.