Montessori schools

[Cary Kollins]

Interested in enrolling my son in a Montessori school when he turns 18 months. Toured the local Montessori school yesterday and my wife and I were blown away at how great it seemed.

Anyone have experience with this type of education?

[Jeremy Igo]

My twins went from kindergarten until 3rd grade. Thought it was great. They were ahead in math and English when they went to public school in grade four.

Since then they have discovered girls and video games and have lost all interest in education.

[PurityControl]

Got both my sons K & 1st grade in a "Tuition" version of one, those type of schools are prevalent here in my area.

Really love it so far, tons of enrichment activities, they use Singapore Math style which is pretty cool. They make it fun and my kids are excited to go every Am. 

They take a test every semester to gauge where they are in comparison to the CA public system and both are ahead.

My  wife and I plan to keep them in this system for as long as we can. 

 

[PhillyB]

i debated heavily, talked to a few people and generally found that they tend to be insulated bubbles, basically a bunch of rich white kids. of course it also depends on your demographic area, but the ones i looked at had that issue.

i put my kid in an arts magnet school. montessori philosophies underlie a lot of the education and it's also a complete cross section of society - her kindergarten class looks like a mcdonalds commercial. great measurable outcomes in all areas.

[cookinbrak]

On 1/31/2019 at 11:56 AM, Cary Kollins said:

Interested in enrolling my son in a Montessori school when he turns 18 months.

You mean day care?

[PurityControl]

Public School you mean prison ?

 

[Inimicus]

Im a fan of the framework.  Especially for kids that have demonstrated an ability to perform above grade level and have difficulty with the slower pace of the traditional classroom.

Was enrolled in a Montessori based program for grades 5-8.  At the time that's as far as the program went and I had to go back to regular old Greensboro Public Schools.

 

Not sure how a Montessori class for little ones would differ from regular pre/kindergarten/1-3.