Does preschool class size matter?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Montessori isn't great. They used to not have play time outside and kids tend to have problems with socialization in the future.

It's a fact a small classroom helps children. Every child needs individual attention. I wish classroom should have more staff for kids like in centers, it's crazy.
I prefer family daycares and then they transcicion those big classes in kinder of 1 teacher. Awful.

Teachers deserves better pay and the assistants. We need more fundings for education, healthcare, our communities and more social programs

How is any of this answering OP's question?

[Anonymous]

Small children needs more individual attention, I mean all kids do.

I don't like places with 10 or 15 kids with 1 teacher. Crazy

[Anonymous]

My child’s preschool class has 15 students with a 1:5 caregiver ratio. They’ve had zero safety issues.

[Anonymous]

I am a preschool teacher. OP, the original preschool that you described sounds lovely. If it works for you, I would switch her back without reservation. Montessori isn’t a good fit for everyone and 24 kids with 8 adults sounds overwhelming to me.