Several friends have completed their 3-6 Montessori training and I'm told that practical life takes up about a week of their formation program. Since we barely have a full day of practical life background and examples in a Level I course, it is definitely a place to spend more time learning how to do it well in your atrium.
I found this playlist that gives some good examples. We don't need to be Montessorians, of course, but I think that a catechist with a good grasp of this area of formation has better tools to meet the needs of various children and leads to happier and more peaceful children in our atria.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7n8-uJamB0e14qzv0Fil_xT4Jeo2IARp
A catechist told me recently that the children were "done" with practical life by January, but she found that the children were restless in her atrium. Remember that practical life needs to grow with the children (so take it out when they are just "playing" and not working. It shows they've grown out of it!) Especially if you have a 2 hour atrium session, you will need more advanced practical life to help the children shift and reset after a preliminary work period.
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