Can you recommend your low tech school?
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Anonymous
| I am looking for a nurturing environment for my elementary aged daughter. She loves to read. Looking for a low/no tech school. |
Anonymous
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These very recent threads asked about middle school but some of the responses include schools that have elementary grades as well.
https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1299798.page https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1316844.page This question comes up a LOT. I know the site’s search function is terrible, but try googling “dcurbanmom.com low tech schools” and you’ll probably find quite a few threads. |
Anonymous
| What area? Catholic k-8s tend to be low-tech. |
Anonymous
Burgundy Farm Country Day School. If I could go back in time this is where I'd want to go for elementary. They have a wonderful student-led approach to learning. One Kindergarten class, for example, got interested in bees so they spent months learning about the lifecycle of bees, had an apiarist come in to talk to the class, visited a honey farm, etc. Or another class got interested in shops so they visited a shopping center and met a business owner, learned about advertising and consumerism, set up their own shops in the classroom and had another classroom visit with play money to go shopping. The idea, I think (I'm not doing a great job explaining this because I'm not an educator), is that kids learn best when they're engaged. So rather than say "we're learning math today" and then trying to tie it to interests - the teachers are guided by what the kids are interested in and then work their lessons into their natural enthusiasm. It's K-8 and I'm sure it's different at the older grade levels but our kids are in the early elementary level so that's what I know. |
Anonymous
| St. Rita's in Alexandria, Veritas Collegiate in Arlington and Angelus in Springfield. Classical, no tech. There are others. Usually the "classical" schools are low to no tech. Where are you located? |
Anonymous
| Washington Waldorf |
Anonymous
| Dominion Christian, no tech till 7, and then it’s just for typing papers |
Anonymous
| Almost any Montessori school will accomplish this. My DC went to Aquinas in Alexandria, which goes up to 6th grade, but there are lots in the area. Really depends where you live. GL |