http://babyminding.com/2008/10/23/primary-montessori-education/ Natural, organic resource for green-minded, discerning parents with a focus on organic eco-friendly living, reducing toxins around the home, and healthy eating Thu, 03 May 2012 12:30:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://babyminding.com/2008/10/23/primary-montessori-education/comment-page-1/#comment-1398 Dawn Mon, 08 Jun 2009 00:24:55 +0000 http://babyminding.com/?p=392#comment-1398 I used to work at a Montessori based preschool and also found that a lot fo the frustration the children and teachers (and apparently parents!) were having was based upon the social interactions. The school I worked at was aged 2-5 and the two year olds needed a lot more teacher interactions to aid the social development than we could give, and a lot of 4 and 5 year olds still needed this same base. I am going to open up an infant/toddler program with a base in Montessori (purely because it was how I was trained-in that school) but to try and combat that problem I will be keeping the number per adult small. Also, to alieviate the problem with the schedule, the school I worked at created a basic schedule with a lot of "free choice time" instead of everyone having to be doing this at this time or getting free reign. Of course, if a child doesn't feel like circle time then we won't force them! I'm glad someone brought about these potential issues because they need to be addressed. Ultimately, no one way of teaching should be the "right way", but more of a mixture of all. But, like you said, she is learning a great deal! :) I used to work at a Montessori based preschool and also found that a lot fo the frustration the children and teachers (and apparently parents!) were having was based upon the social interactions. The school I worked at was aged 2-5 and the two year olds needed a lot more teacher interactions to aid the social development than we could give, and a lot of 4 and 5 year olds still needed this same base. I am going to open up an infant/toddler program with a base in Montessori (purely because it was how I was trained-in that school) but to try and combat that problem I will be keeping the number per adult small.
Also, to alieviate the problem with the schedule, the school I worked at created a basic schedule with a lot of “free choice time” instead of everyone having to be doing this at this time or getting free reign. Of course, if a child doesn’t feel like circle time then we won’t force them!
I’m glad someone brought about these potential issues because they need to be addressed. Ultimately, no one way of teaching should be the “right way”, but more of a mixture of all. But, like you said, she is learning a great deal!

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]]> http://babyminding.com/2008/10/23/primary-montessori-education/comment-page-1/#comment-991 Michelle Sun, 26 Oct 2008 15:24:01 +0000 http://babyminding.com/?p=392#comment-991 I am very interested in sending my son to Montessori pre-school. Thanks for sharing this; it was very helpful. I am very interested in sending my son to Montessori pre-school. Thanks for sharing this; it was very helpful.

]]> http://babyminding.com/2008/10/23/primary-montessori-education/comment-page-1/#comment-972 Lisa Fri, 24 Oct 2008 00:22:53 +0000 http://babyminding.com/?p=392#comment-972 Hi...my son is in his 2nd year of Montessori school (primary, he's 4). Our family experience has been great. We have a Directress/Assistant that are very informative. You have to be willing to simply ask when you pick up your child (unless of course they ride the bus home). There are about 30 kids in a class...and for them to give a daily update for all of them would be exhausting...so when I pick up my son I get feedback several times a week. Do you have parent/teacher conferences? Let them know you'd like more feedback then. Hope this helps! Lisa Hi…my son is in his 2nd year of Montessori school (primary, he’s 4). Our family experience has been great. We have a Directress/Assistant that are very informative. You have to be willing to simply ask when you pick up your child (unless of course they ride the bus home). There are about 30 kids in a class…and for them to give a daily update for all of them would be exhausting…so when I pick up my son I get feedback several times a week. Do you have parent/teacher conferences? Let them know you’d like more feedback then. Hope this helps! Lisa

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