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    Montessori schooling

    Has anybody here attended a Montessori school? Have sons/daughters in Montessori? Nieces/nephews/friends? What are your impressions?

    I'm interested because the DC public schools are asking for more money specifically for Montessori programs. Apparently, they've had some success with the half dozen or so programs already in place. In the past in the US, Montessori has been done mostly in private schools -- at least since its reintroduction to the US in the 60s. So this represents something of a change.

    Personally, my mom used some Montessori methods, but I grew up in a rural area and didn't have access to a proper Montessori school and some of the tools.

    Edit: As I understand it, about 3/5ths of the Montessori schools are in the US. So I expect to see more US responses, but would be interested in seeing responses from those outside the US.
    Last edited by DanS; December 30, 2007, 22:28.
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    What is Montessori methods?

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      I can remember the sandpaper letters the best. Kids feel the letters while making the sound of the letter. That's a Montessori method.
      I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891

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      • #4
        I attended a Montessori school for six months in 1st grade. I think it ruined me for school after that. I was never able to get back into disciplined schooling, though being gifted accounted for part of it as well.
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        • #5
          Both my children attend a Montessori school, but they are also both very young and not at the age were I'd have examples that would be comparable to what your looking for.
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            Very young? Younger than 3?
            I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891

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            • #7
              One is 2 and the other is 11 months.
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              • #8
                That is interesting. I think you'll find fewer schools that have a program for that age group, if only because most schools are established with a 3-5 age group and then 6-8. Do you live near a big city, if I can ask?
                I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891

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                • #9
                  Define big. Regardless, the answer is no. Janesville is 62,000. Beloit is 35-40,000. The entire county has less than 200,000 I think.

                  However, what your looking for is that yes, my children do attend a Montessori School, but they have very limited contact with the actual Montessori teaching process. My oldest daughter is in the "Young Toddler" classroom (age 2) and will move on to the "Toddler" classroom when she is 3 next September. That is when she will really start to get the schooling.

                  What I can tell you, is that so far, with just the limited Montessori Schooling she has been getting, she has far exceeded the development of my siblings children at coresponding ages.
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                  • #10
                    So at this point it's more like day care with a small schooling component? As I understand, there are some things that can be done best with pre-toddlers.

                    Is the pricing extreme or reasonable?

                    What gave you the idea to put them in Montessori?
                    I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891

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                    • #11
                      I don't remember what the cost is, but I know it's basically a mortgage payment for two kids. However, when considering the cost of daycare, it was the second cheapest of the 4 we look at closely (including being cheaper than the Community Action daycare).

                      The deciding factors for sending them there were price, location (it was three block from our house) and the development of the students that we saw. I didn't know much about the Montessori teaching process until we started sending our girls there. I am VERY happy with the school.
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                      • #12
                        Re: Montessori schooling

                        Originally posted by DanS
                        Has anybody here atteneded a Montessori school? Have sons/daughters in Montessori? Nieces/nephews/friends? What are your impressions?

                        I'm interested because the DC public schools are asking for more money specifically for Montessori programs. Apparently, they've had some success with the half dozen or so programs already in place. In the past in the US, Montessori has been done mostly in private schools -- at least since its reintroduction to the US in the 60s. So this represents something of a change.

                        Personally, my mom used some Montessori methods, but I grew up in a rural area and didn't have access to a proper Montessori school and some of the tools.

                        Edit: As I understand it, about 3/5ths of the Montessori schools are in the US. So I expect to see more US responses, but would be interested in seeing responses from those outside the US.
                        I remember reading about this years ago. It strikes me that it is rather like the different "methods" people use to raise children. All of them are supposed to work wonders and disputes are rife between rival schools, but it seems to me that their existence reflects the anxiety of ambitious parents more than anything else.

                        On a related note, I read an interesting thing the other day. Apparently, the quality of undergraduate education at Ivy League schools is no better than that at regular universities. The success of Ivy League grads has more to do with the selection process than the education they receive. So it is in a way irrational to go to an Ivy League school. Hilarious, huh?
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                        • #13
                          On a related note, I read an interesting thing the other day. Apparently, the quality of undergraduate education at Ivy League schools is no better than that at regular universities. The success of Ivy League grads has more to do with the selection process than the education they receive. So it is in a way irrational to go to an Ivy League school. Hilarious, huh?


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                            Some people like to rely on published, peer reviewed evidence rather than mere prejudice.
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                            • #15
                              Prejudice? It's more like common sense.

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