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Does anyone know anything about montessori schools? Like them? Dislike them? Have experience?
I'm looking at one for Emerson (to start in a year) and it looks great on the website, but I really don't know much about them. I'd like the know if it's worth the price tag. Thanks!
I should add, if it is a good school, I'd like him to continue to go there through junior high, not just preschool.
Re: Montessori Schools?
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[QUOTE]I went to one. I learned to read when I was 3 because of my Montessori school. I loved it, and they encouraged me to move up "levels" so I was never bored. Then I went to public school kindergarten and had a discipline problem because I was bored out of my gourd.
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This is the main reason I'm looking into them. I'm becoming increasingly discouraged by the public school system. I went to public school and did fine, but I feel like it's gone down hill a lot since then.
I'm really excited about this now!
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[QUOTE]My ex's daughter went to one for preschool, and stayed in an afterschool program during kindergarten until they could no longer afford it. She is a naturally smart kid, and her mom is really big into education, but she REALLY flourished in that program. I went to several of her holiday programs and they were awesome. She was introduced to so many different cultures,<strong> languages</strong>, and ways of learning, and she was way ahead of her K class. She is in 1st now, and is still ahead.
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Yes this :) Z recently learned to count to 10 in Spanish, French and Mandarin Chinese.
I'm not sure what we'll do school wise when we have kids. Both H and I had a horrible experience with private school, so I'm very hesitant to consider that route. Plus all of them around us are very religious and will not accept students unless both parents profess their fath. I'm very glad I went to a public high school instead of private.
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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Montessori Schools? : Yes this :) Z recently learned to count to 10 in Spanish, French and Mandarin Chinese. I'm not sure what we'll do school wise when we have kids. Both H and I had a horrible experience with private school, so I'm very hesitant to consider that route. Plus all of them around us are very religious and will not accept students unless both parents profess their fath. I'm very glad I went to a public high school instead of private.
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Are private schools and montessori schools different things? I was a public school kid, so I just assumed private school was school that you pay for.
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Everything the light touches is my kingdom.
Everything the light touches is my kingdom.
There are always pros and cons -
Cons - it's super expensive, it's worse than babysitting, or kid sitting... Some of the activities are akin to a pre-school, the kid in this case was a very slow learner, and a rebel (rolls eyes).
Pros - Once acclimitized to the school, he made friends that were of the same learning curve that he was. He had skills of a 1st and 2nd grader when entering kindergarten in public school, but they put him back into Montessori until 2nd grade.
It helps with accelerating the learning curve than at public schools....
I went to public schools, and had times table quizzes at home (go parents), and I turned out okay
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Students worked on mats on the floor, no desks. They chose where in the room to work. They had a contract to finish every day. The most fascinating thing I saw was their order of teaching math. Instead of addition, subtraction, multiplication, then division, they did addition, multiplication, subtraction, then division. The teacher explained to me the concepts connect better with the students because it's "mores" and "less." And they got it. I was floored. My 5th graders when I taught later on couldn't get division.
Do some research on the teaching method and the thought behind the method:
http://www.montessori.edu/
http://www.montessori.org/
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I love you Missy. Even though you are not smart enough to take online quizzes to find out really important information. ~cew
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